Kahlil GibranKahlil Gibran was born in 1883 in modern-day Lebanon before his family emigrated to the United States in 1895. He studied art in Paris for two years before publishing his first book in English in 1918. The Prophet was first published in 1923, and hassince been translated into over 40 languages. Gibran died in New York in 1931, aged 48. Read More Read Less