Mikhail Naimy

ميخائيل نعيمة (Known as "The Hermit of Baskinta")

Mystical Novelist, Philosopher, Poet, Co-Founder of Pen League

Born 22 November 1889

Baskinta, Lebanon

Passed Away 28 February 1988 Beirut, Lebanon

Lifespan 98 years old

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"Love is the law of God. You live that you may learn to love. You love that you may learn to live. No other lesson is required of Man."

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Beloved Lebanese philosopher, poet, and novelist who co-founded the New York Pen League and authored 'The Book of Mirdad'.

Biographical Record

Mikhail Naimy was born at the foot of Mount Sannine in Baskinta. Educated at the Russian Imperial Seminary in Poltava, Ukraine, and the University of Washington, he settled in New York City, where in 1920 he co-founded the legendary emigrant literary society Al-Rabitah al-Qalamiyyah (The Pen League) alongside Kahlil Gibran, serving as its intellectual theorist.

In 1932, Naimy returned permanently to Baskinta, living a quiet, ascetic life of contemplation for over fifty years. His spiritual masterpiece, The Book of Mirdad (1948), praised by Osho as one of the greatest spiritual texts ever written, alongside his penetrating critical study Al-Ghirbal (The Sieve) and his biography of Gibran, established him as an immortal sage of world literature.

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Final Resting Place

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Al-Shakhroub Rock Tomb
Baskinta, Lebanon

                         GPS: 33.9500, 35.7900                    

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