Cohen, Leonard

Cohen, Leonard
(b. 1934)
   Canadian writer and popular musician. Cohen was born in Montreal and was educated at McGill University. Subsequently he has lived in Greece, England, California, New York and has since returned to Montreal. His works include the novel Beautiful Losers (1966) and several volumes of poetry including Let Us Compare Mythologies (1956), The Spice Box of the Earth (1961), Flowers for Hitler (1964), Parasites of Heaven (1966), Selected Poems (1968) - for which he refused a national award - The Energy of Slaves (1972), Death of a Lady’s Man (1978) and Book of Mercy (1984). He is however best known for the musical recordings of his poems which were highly popular with the youth counter-culture of the 1960s and 1970s.

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  • Cohen, Leonard — ► (n. 1934) Cantautor y poeta canadiense. Inicialmente se dedicó a la literatura y a la música country, y posteriormente musicó varios de sus poemas. Algunos de sus álbumes son Various Positions (1985) y I m Your Man (1988), que incluye el tema… …   Enciclopedia Universal

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  • COHEN (L.) — COHEN LEONARD (1934 ) En 1968, la photo sépia d’un visage grave attire les clients dans les magasins de disques. Cette photo orne une pochette de disque d’un noir sévère où on lit tout simplement: Songs of Leonard Cohen . Ce disque, le premier… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Léonard — Leonard oder Léonard ist eine Form des Namens Leonhard. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Bekannte Namensträger 1.1 Vorname 1.2 Familienname 1.3 Künstlername // …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Leonard Cohen — Infobox musical artist Name = Leonard Cohen Img capt = Cohen in 2007 Img size = Landscape = Background = solo singer Birth name = Leonard Norman Cohen Alias = Born = birth date and age|1934|09|21 Montreal, Quebec, Canada Died = Instrument =… …   Wikipedia

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