12 Immigrants Who Made American Arts Great

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1 Kahlil Gibran’s Poetry Speaks to Millions The poems of Kahlil Gibran are recited at weddings and funerals Lines are quoted in speeches and songs His book The Prophet has sold tens of millions of copies around the world His wise words have inspired countless people 4 Gibran was born in Lebanon in 1883 He grew up in a small clifftop village Gibran’s mother encouraged his interest in art His father was violent and bad with money In 1891 Gibran’s father was put in jail for a crime The family lost everything They feared the growing religious violence in the area In 1895 Gibran immigrated to the United States with his mother and siblings He was 12 years old As a young man Gibran studied art and literature in Boston Massachusetts Beirut Lebanon and Paris France In 1911 he moved to New York City He wrote poems and stories in Arabic and English His first book in English The Madman was published in 1918 A book of his drawings followed in 1919