Every day brings a new story. And each day contributes to story telling -- in prose and in poetry, in art and in music, on the stage, on the screen, and, of course, in books
Today is the story of January 6
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It is the sixth day of the year, leaving 359 days remaining in 2023.
He told his stories, sometimes mystical, sometimes romantic, often longing, and deeply religious, in poems and prose that were sensitive and sentimental. His influences included the Bible and William Blake, and ancient Arabic writings.
He was popular in the Arab world, where he is considered a central figure of Arabic literary modernism.
He wrote in both Arabic and English, sometimes in direct, succinct phrases, and sometimes in prose full of symbolism. His best known work in English is The Prophet, published in 1923.
It is a collection of essays and poetry, with stories that discuss love and family, crime and punishment, reason and passion, good and evil, knowledge, beauty, and pleasure, along with other aspects of life. While sometimes derided as simplistic, it nonetheless has been translated into more than 100 languages and is one of the best selling books of all time. It particularly caught on during the counterculture of the 1960s and the New Age movement.
In addition to stories and poems, Gibran was also a playwright and artist. Indeed, he often considered himself a painter first, created more than 700 works.
He died in 1931.
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