Translation of Forerunner: Book By Khalil Gibran

Khalil Gibran was born Gibran Khalil Gibran on January 6, 1883, in Bsharri, Lebanon. He immigrated with his mother and siblings to Boston in 1895 - his father remained in Lebanon to address financial matters. Gibran would return to Lebanon three years later to continue his education but returned to America after illness took the life of one of his sisters. He met Mary Haskell who encouraged his artistic development. During his life, Gibran was a prolific artist who created hundreds of paintings and drawings.

In 1920, he was a co-founder, along with other poets of Arab and Lebanese backgrounds, of The Pen-bond Society, 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.

In 1928, he published Jesus, the Son of Man. Gibran died in New York City on April 10, 1931.