Kahlil Gibran Memorial Garden (Washington, D.C.)
Memorial by Gordon Kray in Washington, D.C., U.S.
38°55′13.7″N 77°3′41″W / 38.920472°N 77.06139°W / 38.920472; -77.06139The Kahlil Gibran Memorial Garden[1] is a public garden located at 3100 Massachusetts Avenue,[1][2] N.W. Washington, D.C., "within a wooded ravine known as Woodland-Normanstone Park".[1] At its center are a bronze sculpture of the Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist Kahlil Gibran by Gordon Kray[3] and a star-shaped fountain surrounded by limestone benches engraved with quotes of Gibran.[1]
The memorial garden was dedicated on May 24, 1991, by President George H. W. Bush. The fundraising was organized by the Kahlil Gibran Centennial Foundation, formed to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the poet's birth in Bsharri.
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- Khalil Gibran Sculpture, Washington DC: photo by rachaelvoorhees, February 19, 2011
- Khalil Gibran Memorial Garden Located at 3100 Mass. Ave, NW. popville.com, November 11, 2009
- A Garden for Gibran. Larry Luxner, Aramco World
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Kahlil Gibran (works)
- Broken Wings (1912)
- The Madman (1918)
- The Prophet (1923, translations)
- The Earth Gods (1931)
- The Garden of the Prophet (1933)
- The Broken Wings (1962 film)
- Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet (2014 film)
- "Broken Wings" (1985)
- "River of Deceit" (1995)
- The Pen League
- Tenth Street Studio Building
- Gibran Museum
- Gibran Khalil Gibran Garden
- Kahlil Gibran Memorial Garden
- Khalil Gibran International Academy
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