Kahill GibranKahlil Gibran is the third best-selling poet of all time, after Shakespeare and Lao-Tzu. He was a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer. Born in Lebanon, he emigrated as a young man with his family to the United States where began his litrary career. Gibran is regarded as a literary and political rebel in the Arab world. He is chiefly known in the English-speaking world for his book The Prophet, which sold well despite a cool critical reception, gaining popularity in the 1930s and again especially in the 1960s counterculture. Read More Read Less