Kahlil Gibran

Kahlil Gibran

Man and Poet

Suheil Bushrui Joe Jenkins

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The definitive biography of one of the world's most popular writers

Bushrui and Jenkins have produces a biography that meticulously explores the complex intricacies of this philosopher-poet. Offering fresh insights into his life, times and work, this unique book sets new criteria in evaluating Gibran.

Genres

Literary FiguresBiography & AutobiographyMiddle EasternLiterary Criticism

Pages392

Released2014

LanguageEnglish

PublisherOneworld Publications

ISBN9781780747323

SellerSimon & Schuster

About the author(s)

Suheil Bushrui is the foremost translator and interpreter of Anglo-Irish literature in the Arab world, and has published critical studies in Arabic and English on W. B. Yeats, John Millington Synge, James Joyce and Samuel Beckett. He was the first Arab national to be appointed to the Chair of English and Anglo-Irish Literature at the American University of Beirut, and has also served as Chairman of the International Association for the Study of Anglo-Irish Literature (ISAIL). He is currently the Baha'i Chair for World Peace in the Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM) at the University of Maryland.

Joe Jenkins represents a new generation of Gibran scholars and is currently a Research Fellow at the Kahlil Gibran Research and Studies Project.