Kahlil Gibran : author of the Prophet / Alexandre Najjar ; translated from the French by Rae Azkoul.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Najjar, Alexandre, 1967-

Contributor:

Azkoul, Rae.

Standardized Title:

Khalil Gibran. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Gibran, Kahlil, 1883-1931.

Gibran, Kahlil.

Authors, Arab--Lebanon--Biography.

Authors, Arab.

Lebanon.

Authors, Arab--United States--Biography.

United States.

Authors, Arab--20th century--Biography.

Mystics--Biography.

Mystics.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

192 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm

Other Title:

Kahlil Gibran : a biography

Place of Publication:

London ; San Francisco : Saqi, 2008.

Summary:

Author of the international bestseller The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran and his work remain influential to this day. President John F. Kennedy famously quoted from this book: 'Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.'

With a simplicity akin to that of Gibran's own writing, Alexandre Najjar retraces Gibran's life, from humble beginnings in Lebanon to his artistic training in Paris and meteoric rise to fame in the US, his adopted home.

Najjar examines Gibran's letters, his publisher's archives and unpublished documents, revealing the extent of his influence and the extraordinary message of peace and hope in all of his work.

Contents:

1 Bsharri 11

2 Off to the New World 25

3 Back to his Roots 33

4 Tragic Events 41

5 Beginnings 49

6 The City of Light 59

7 'Beloved Mary' 79

8 New York 85

9 May 101

10 World War I 109

11 From Nature toward the Infinite 123

12 The Pen League 131

13 The Prophet 139

14 The Winged Self 149

15 Let Me Sleep 159

16 After Death 171.

Notes:

"First published in French as Khalil Gibran by Pygmalion/Gérard Watrelet in 2002"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [180]-187) and index.

ISBN:

9780863566684

0863566685

OCLC:

216936679