Editing Lebanon (section)

=== Literature ===
In literature, [[Kahlil Gibran]] is the third best-selling poet of all time, behind [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] and [[Laozi]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/01/07/prophet-motive|title=Prophet Motive|first=Joan|last=Acocella|magazine=The New Yorker |date=31 December 2007|via=www.newyorker.com|access-date=14 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190316101047/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/01/07/prophet-motive|archive-date=16 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> He is particularly known for his book ''[[The Prophet (book)|The Prophet]]'' (1923), which has been translated into over twenty different languages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/lr/2003/01/05/stories/2003010500320500.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812094242/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/lr/2003/01/05/stories/2003010500320500.htm |archive-date=12 August 2010 |title=Called by life |work=The Hindu |url-status=dead |access-date=17 January 2013}}</ref> [[Ameen Rihani]] was a major figure in the mahjar literary movement developed by Arab emigrants in North America, and an early theorist of [[Arab nationalism]]. [[Mikhail Naimy]] is widely recognized as among the most important figures in modern Arabic letters and among the most important spiritual writers of the 20th century. Several contemporary Lebanese writers have also achieved international success; including [[Elias Khoury]], [[Amin Maalouf]], [[Hanan al-Shaykh]], and [[Georges Schéhadé]].