Kahlil Gibran

Kahlil Gibran was a Lebanese-American writer and poet of the early 20th century. His most notable work is the collection of fables The Prophet, published in 1923. Though he was not a native speaker, he wrote this book in English.

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• Lifetime: 6 January 1883 • 10 April 1931
• Main genre: Literary fiction
• Literary movement: Romanticism
• Mid-2026 popularity rank: --

"If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were."