Syrian poet favourite for Nobel Prize for Literature 2011

Since we are on the topic of modern Arab poets how many of you have read Khalil Gibran and how highly is he rated?

 

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Syrian poet Adonis is being tipped as the favourite for this year's prestigious Nobel in Literature according to the Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/boo...e-literature?commentpage=last#end-of-comments

Another Muslim in the running is the Algerian Berber woman Assia Djebar...


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Being ignorant I'd not even heard of Adonis (real name Ali Ahmad Said Asbar)
but wonder if any brothers on here who read Arabic have read him?