How is Gibran’s family like?

On the night of December 6, 1883, Gibran was born into a Christian Maronite family in the village of Bousheli in the mountains of northern Lebanon. His father, Khalil Gibran, was an alcoholic, but after hearing that his wife had given birth to a boy, he did not forget to name him after his father. His mother, Camilla, was the daughter of a Maronite pastor, Is. She personally taught Gibran Arabic and French, and also hired a tutor to teach him English.

When he was 5 and a half years old, Gibran began to attend primary school in the village. He was often bullied by his classmates. Some classmates even called him "idiot" and "crybaby". He was beaten for resisting. He didn't study hard and was even sent to solitary confinement by his teacher.

In 1895, Gibran was 12 years old. The mother took her four children and came to live in the dirtiest and most humble Chinese district in Boston, USA, through family ties. The father stayed in his hometown to protect the family's property. From then on, Gibran began to learn painting and read "Uncle Tom's Cabin", and determined to write novels in the future.

At the age of 14, Gibran's paintings were loved by a local American woman, and he himself gained the love of the middle-aged woman and ate the forbidden fruit. Afterwards, Gibran returned to study at the Hikma School in Beirut, Lebanon, where he studied various Arabic knowledge such as rhetoric, syntax, rhetoric, rhythm and rhyme. During the summer vacation, Gibran traveled to various parts of the Middle East with his father, and his mind suddenly became enlightened. At the age of 15, he wrote the first draft of "The Prophet" in Arabic and edited a literary and philosophical journal called "Truth." His articles began to be published in large numbers in the Arab world. The most famous of them, "The Rebellious Soul," was regarded as dangerous, rebellious, and containing the poison of Western ideas. It was burned in the Beirut market, and Gibran was expelled from the country. When he returned to the United States, Gibran's younger sister had just died of lung disease. Since then, his half-brother and mother also passed away. These sudden misfortunes left Gibran at a loss. His sister used sewing to make ends meet, and Gibran wanted to support the family by painting, so he found a way to hold a personal exhibition. At the art exhibition, he unexpectedly met Mary Haskeller, the principal of a girls' school, and became a close friend. With her sponsorship, Gibran came to Paris to study painting in 1908 and was able to visit the famous art master Rodin. Gibran received Rodin's guidance and became fascinated by William Blake's works and literary thoughts. While in Paris, Gibran had extensive contact with Western society, visited London, Rome, Brussels and other famous historical and cultural cities, and extensively read the works of Dante, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Balzac. He was especially deeply influenced by the philosopher Nietzsche.

In 1910, Gibran returned to Boston, USA. In 1912, he settled in New York. Six years later, he published his first English book "Madman". As soon as the book was published, it was translated into many languages, which won him reputation in Europe, America and the Arab world. In 1916, Gibran met the writer, philosopher and his fellow Lebanese Mihail Nuaiman, and the two became close friends. In 1920, they established the "Pen Club" based on the magazine "Traveler", with the purpose of inspiring the new spirit of Arabic literature itself and making it an effective force in national life. In 1932, his masterpiece "The Prophet" was published. This book swept the entire Western world like a storm. He created a new literary style - "Gibran style", and led the literary trend of Arab diaspora, forming the first Arabic literary school "Symetic School", establishing his position in modern Arab literature, and his works also Become a classic.

Due to overwork, Gibran had been in poor health. In 1931, he suffered from liver cancer and was admitted to St. Francis Hospital in New York. On April 10 of the same year, he died alone in this hospital. Gibran's body was placed in his hometown monastery for future generations to pay their respects forever. The cedar board at the door was engraved with the epitaph written by Gibran for himself: "I want to write these words on the tombstone: I stand by your side, just like you. Live. Close your eyes, look into your heart, and then turn your face, my body is with you.

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