A Tear and a Smile by Gibran, Kahlil (9781612039909)

A Tear and a Smile

by Gibran, Kahlil

Paperback - English

A Tear and a Smile contains 56 parables, stories, and poems. It is considered the most important edition to the canon of this Gibran. Khalil Gibran was a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer. As a young man he emigrated with his family to the United States where he studied art and began his literary career. His Romantic style was at the heart of a renaissance in modern Arabic literature he is still celebrated as a literary hero.

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ADDITIONAL INFO

ISBN

1612039901

EAN

9781612039909

Publisher

SPASTIC CAT PR

Publication Date

01 May 2012

Pages

Weight (kg)

0.10

Dimensions (cm)

20.3 x 12.7 x 0.5

About Author

Kahlil Gibran was born in 1883 in Lebanon and died in New York in 1931. His family emigrated to the United States in 1895. In his early teens, the artistry of Gibran's drawings caught the eye of his teachers and he was introduced to the avant-garde Boston artist, photographer, and publisher Fred Holland Day, who encouraged and supported Gibran in his creative endeavors. A publisher used some of Gibran's drawings for book covers in 1898, and Gibran held his first art exhibition in 1904 in Boston. In 1908, Gibran went to study art with Auguste Rodin in Paris for two years. He later studied art i