Editing Kahlil Gibran (section)

==Legacy==
The popularity of ''[[The Prophet (book)|The Prophet]]'' grew markedly during the 1960s with the [[Counterculture of the 1960s|American counterculture]] and then with the flowering of the [[New Age]] movements. It has remained popular with these and with the wider population to this day. Since it was first published in 1923, ''The Prophet'' has never been out of print. It has been [[Translations of The Prophet|translated into more than 100 languages]], making it among the top ten most translated books in history.{{sfn |Kalem |2018}} It was one of the best-selling books of the twentieth century in the United States.{{sfn |''HISTORY'' |2022}}

{{Multiple image|image1=Elvis Presley's first copy of The Prophet.jpg|image2=11.Elvis Presley's Prophet.jpg|footer=Handwritten notes in [[Elvis Presley]]'s copy of ''The Prophet''}}
[[Elvis Presley]] referred to Gibran's ''The Prophet'' for the rest of his life after receiving his first copy as a gift from his girlfriend June Juanico in July 1956.<ref>{{harvnb|Tillery|2013|loc=Chapter 5: Patriot}}; {{harvnb|Keogh|2004|pp=[https://archive.org/details/elvispresleymanl00keog_0/page/84/mode/2up?q=Gibran 85], [https://archive.org/details/elvispresleymanl00keog_0/page/92/mode/2up?q=Gibran 93]}}.</ref> His marked-up copy still exists in Lebanon<ref>[https://www.kahlilgibran.com/archives/written-works/601-elvis-presley-s-first-copy-of-the-prophet-1955/file.html Gibran National Museum]</ref> and another at the Elvis Presley museum in [[Düsseldorf]].{{sfn |Tillery |2013 |loc=Chapter 5: Patriot}} A line of poetry from ''Sand and Foam'' (1926), which reads "Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it so that the other half may reach you," was used by [[John Lennon]] and placed, though in a slightly altered form, into the song "[[Julia (Beatles song)|Julia]]" from [[the Beatles]]' 1968 album ''[[The Beatles (album)|The Beatles]]'' (a.k.a. "The White Album").{{sfn |''BBC World Service'' |2012}}

[[Johnny Cash]] recorded ''The Eye of the Prophet'' as an audio cassette book, and Cash can be heard talking about Gibran's work on a track called "Book Review" on his 2003 album ''[[Unearthed (Johnny Cash album)|Unearthed]]''. British singer [[David Bowie]] mentioned Gibran in the song "[[The Width of a Circle]]" from Bowie's 1970 album ''[[The Man Who Sold the World (album)|The Man Who Sold the World]]''. Bowie used Gibran as a "hip reference",{{sfn |col1234 |2010}}{{better source needed|reason=This source is a blog and may violate the [[WP:SELFPUBLISH]] policy.|date=November 2020}} because Gibran's work ''A Tear and a Smile'' became popular in the [[hippie]] counterculture of the 1960s. In 1978 Uruguayan musician Armando Tirelli recorded an album based on ''The Prophet''.{{sfn |''Light In The Attic Records''}} In 2016 Gibran's fable "On Death" from ''The Prophet'' was composed in Hebrew by [[Gilad Hochman]] to the unique setting of soprano, [[theorbo]] and percussion, and it premiered in France under the title ''River of Silence''.{{sfn|''River of Silence''|2016}}

Gibran's influence extends far beyond the artistic world. In [[Inauguration of John F. Kennedy#Inaugural address|his 1961 inaugural address]], President [[John F. Kennedy]] might have drawn inspiration from Gibran's 1925 [[essay]] [[The New Frontier (book)|The New Frontier]]. Echoing Gibran's rhetoric for the [[Greater Lebanon#Proclamation|newly recreated]] [[Lebanon]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-28 |title=How President Kennedy's Most Famous Quote Was Actually By Gebran Khalil Gebran |url=https://www.the961.com/jfk-most-famous-quote-gebran-khalil-gebran/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=www.the961.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Governing Rhetoric |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/88761/governing-rhetoric |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=The Poetry Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wakim |first=Joseph |date=2011-12-28 |title=Lesson in sage lines borrowed by Kennedy |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/lesson-in-sage-lines-borrowed-by-kennedy-20111228-1pcvm.html |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> "Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country?",<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gibran |first=Khalil |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jQnAFq2ybnQC |title=The New Frontier and Sand and Foam |publisher=Library of Alexandria |isbn=978-1-4655-7419-0 |language=en}}</ref> Kennedy delivered the iconic line "Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country".   

His most famous work, ''The Prophet'', was also the target of a collective adaptation as an [[The Prophet (2014 film)|eponymous film in 2014]]. Moreover, in 2018, [[Nadim Naaman]] and [[Dana Al Fardan]] devoted their musical ''Broken Wings'' to Kahlil Gibran's novel of [[Broken Wings (Gibran novel)|the same name]]. The world premiere was staged in London's [[Theatre Royal Haymarket]].{{sfn |''Broken Wings - The Musical'' |2015}}

===Memorials and honors===
{{Multiple image|width=150|image1=Gebrag_Khalil_Garden_(4694182661)_cropped.jpg|image2=|footer=[[Gibran Khalil Gibran Garden]] in [[Beirut]] (left), and [[Kahlil Gibran Memorial Garden]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] (right)}}
A number of places, monuments and educational institutions throughout the world are named in honor of Gibran, including the [[Gibran Museum]] in Bsharri, the Gibran Memorial Plaque in [[Copley Square]], Boston,<ref name="Donovan 2011, p. 11">{{harvnb|Donovan|2011|p=11}}.</ref> the [[Gibran Khalil Gibran Garden]] in Beirut,<ref>{{harvnb|Chandler|2017|p=[{{Google books|unQqDwAAQBAJ|page=28|plainurl=yes}} 28]}}.</ref> the [[Kahlil Gibran Memorial Garden]] in Washington, D.C.,<ref name="Donovan 2011, p. 11"/> the [[Khalil Gibran International Academy]] in Brooklyn,{{sfn |Ghattas |2007}} and the Khalil Gibran Elementary School in [[Yonkers, New York]].{{sfn |''Kahlil Gibran School: About Our School''}}

A [[Gibran (crater)|crater]] on Mercury was named in his honor in 2009.{{sfn |''Planetary Names'' |2009}}