Cohen

The works of ...

... LEONARD COHEN

*Publication details of All there is to know about Adolf Eichmann:*	The poem appeared in the volume Flowers for Hitler in 1964.
Other literary works include:	Compare Mythologie (1956). The Favourite Game (1963). Beautiful Losers (1966).

A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

Born:

21st September 1934, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Early years:

Cohen came from a wealthy Westmount family.

Schooling:

He attended McGill and Columbia Universities, but has spent most of his life as a full-time writer and performer.

Career:

Cohen was one of the most influential and popular Canadian writers in the 1960s. His first book of poetry, Let Us Compare Mythologies, appeared in 1956. His first major creative period was the early to mid-1960s, in which he produced several notable poems, including, The Spice-Box of Earth (1961) and Flowers for Hitler (1964), and in fiction, The Favourite Game (1963). His first record, The Songs of Leonard Cohen, was issued in 1968. He won Governor General's Award for his Selected Poems (1968), but declined it. His literary work in the 1970s was sporadic and hesitant. A major volume of collected writing, Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs appeared in 1993. In the same year, Cohen was given the Governor General Performing Arts Award, and the first academic conference devoted completely to his work took place in Red Deer, Alta. As a Jew, Cohen has always been acutely aware of the Holocaust, and images of the Nazi genocide are recurrent in his work.

Final years:

Died:

Cohen-related web-sites:

Leonard Cohen

Tribute to Cohen

Cohen, the Poet

Bird on a Wire

Born:	21st September 1934, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Early years:	Cohen came from a wealthy Westmount family.
Schooling:	He attended McGill and Columbia Universities, but has spent most of his life as a full-time writer and performer.
Career:	Cohen was one of the most influential and popular Canadian writers in the 1960s. His first book of poetry, Let Us Compare Mythologies, appeared in 1956. His first major creative period was the early to mid-1960s, in which he produced several notable poems, including, The Spice-Box of Earth (1961) and Flowers for Hitler (1964), and in fiction, The Favourite Game (1963). His first record, The Songs of Leonard Cohen, was issued in 1968. He won Governor General's Award for his Selected Poems (1968), but declined it. His literary work in the 1970s was sporadic and hesitant. A major volume of collected writing, Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs appeared in 1993. In the same year, Cohen was given the Governor General Performing Arts Award, and the first academic conference devoted completely to his work took place in Red Deer, Alta. As a Jew, Cohen has always been acutely aware of the Holocaust, and images of the Nazi genocide are recurrent in his work.
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