Kahlil Gibran

Known for

The Prophet, mystic prose poetry

Biography

Lebanese-American writer, poet and artist who emigrated to the United States as a child, and whose spiritually themed prose poetry became hugely popular across the English-speaking world.

A well-known line

"Your children are not your children. / They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself." (The Prophet)

Major works

• The Prophet
• Sand and Foam