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Khalil Gibran is a philosophical essayist, novelist, poet and artist. He was also a prolific artist who studied under Rodin in  Paris and hundreds of his paintings and drawings are in display at many international art galleries. Born on January 6, 1883, in Bsharri village of  Lebanon he was forced to immigrate to Boston, He was a co-founder of The Pen-bond Society (1920), a literary society, also known as Al Rabitat al Qualamiya. Gibran's works, written in both Arabic and English, are full of lyrical outpourings and express his deeply religious and mystical nature. The Prophet (1923), a book of poetic essays, achieved cult status among American youth for several generations. It influvenced the counterculture movement of 1960s America. In 1928, he published Jesus, the Son of Man. Gibran died in New York City on April 10, 1931.

Dr. R. Raman Nair was educated at University of Kerala and Banaras Hindu University. Was involved in the earliest Open Access to Knowledge Initiatives of India - Web Archive of Kerala Legislative Assembly, and MG University Online PhD Theses. Is a member of the editorial board of E-LIS (Rome, Italy) the International Open Archive on Information science. Has more than twenty-five published books. Has translated many of the works of Hermann Hesse and Khalil Gibran; including Siddhartha, Prophet, Broken Wings, Wanderer into Malayalam. Honors received include the S M Ganguly National Award (1998), and Cherukolpuzha Hindumatha Parishad's Vidyadhiraja Darsana Puraskaram (2017).