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Kahlil Gibran
1883 AD — 1931 AD
Writer and visual artist who worked in Arabic and English. His poetic dialogues invite reflection, while contributor-supplied archive attributions retain their uncertainty.
Author and source reference ↗Life and writing
Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) was born in Bsharri, in what is now Lebanon, and later worked in the United States. He wrote in Arabic and English and also practised visual art. The Prophet appeared in 1923. These different forms matter when encountering an attributed sentence without its original setting.
Academy of American Poets — Kahlil Gibran ↗ Biography: lifetime, birthplace, visual art, Arabic/English writing and 1923 publication
In the linked Prophet, people ask a departing speaker about relationships, work and other experiences. “On Marriage” considers closeness alongside space between people; “On Giving” examines motives and receiving. Read a whole exchange before turning its image into a rule. The archive preserves supplied wording and does not authenticate every attributed passage.
Project Gutenberg — The Prophet, 1923 English edition, PG58585 ↗ PG58585: The Coming of the Ship; On Marriage; On Giving; original reading guidance
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Start with a complete section of The Prophet and notice who speaks and what question prompts the response. The selected supplied passages relate to separation and togetherness, but their contributor wording is preserved without an edition-match claim. All entries under this attribution label remain independently unverified and undated. The profile’s life years do not backfill quotation dates; other Gibran name variants remain separate unresolved labels.
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Original agent-assisted editorial profile, checked 2026-10-05. No human review is recorded. Life dates are recorded to the year; they do not date individual quotations.