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A Short Biography of Leonard Cohen

Author Name:

Leonard Cohen

Born As:

Leonard Norman Cohen

Other Names:

Ordained as a Zen monk with the name Jikan.

Born:

21 Sep 1934

Died:





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Songwriter and poet                          
Selected Works:

Poetry:

Let Us Compare Mythologies - poetry 1956
The Spice-Box of Earth - poetry 1961
The Favourite Game - novel 1963
Flowers for Hitler - poetry 1964
Beautiful Losers - novel 1966
Parasites of Heaven - poetry 1966
Selected Poems 1956–1968 - poetry 1968
The Energy of Slaves - poetry 1972
Death of a Lady's Man - poetry and prose 1978
Book of Mercy - prose, poetry, psalms 1984
Stranger Music - selected poems and songs 1993
Book of Longing - poetry, prose, drawings 2006.

Studio albums:

Songs of Leonard Cohen - December 27 1967
Songs from a Room - April 1969
Songs of Love and Hate - March 1971
New Skin for the Old Ceremony - August 1974
Death of a Ladies' Man - November 1977
Recent Songs - September 1979
Various Positions - December 1984
I'm Your Man - February 1988
The Future - November 24 1992
Ten New Songs - October 9 2001
Dear Heather - October 26 2004.                          
                          
Inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame and is a Companion of the Order of Canada.