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Leonard Cohen

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born
in Montreal, Québec, Canada
September 21, 1934

gender
male

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genre
Poetry, Literature & Fiction


About this author

Leonard Norman Cohen is a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963.
Cohen's earliest songs (many of which appeared on the 1968 album Songs of Leonard Cohen) were rooted in European folk music melodies and instrumentation, sung in a high baritone. The 1970s were a musically restless period in which his influences broadened to encompass pop, cabaret, and world music. Since the 1980s he has typically sung in lower registers (bass baritone, sometimes bass), with accompaniment from electronic synthesizers and female backing singers.
His work often explores the themes of religion, isolation, sexuality, and complex interpersonal relationships.
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Average rating: 4.02 · 10,695 ratings · 734 reviews · 50 distinct works · Similar authors
Beautiful Losers
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 2,779 ratings — published 1966 — 39 editions
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Book of Longing
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 2,316 ratings — published 2005 — 20 editions
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Stranger Music: Selected Po...
4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 1,367 ratings — published 1993 — 12 editions
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The Favorite Game
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 1,381 ratings — published 1978 — 36 editions
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Book of Mercy
4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 411 ratings — published 1984 — 12 editions
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Selected Poems, 1956-1968
4.34 of 5 stars 4.34 avg rating — 405 ratings — published 1968 — 8 editions
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Let Us Compare Mythologies
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 385 ratings — published 1956 — 5 editions
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The Spice Box of Earth
4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 308 ratings — published 1961 — 11 editions
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The Energy of Slaves
4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 243 ratings — published 1981 — 10 editions
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Leonard Cohen: Poems and Songs
4.34 of 5 stars 4.34 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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“There is a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets in.”
― Leonard Cohen, Selected Poems, 1956-1968
tags: hope, light
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“The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world.”
― Leonard Cohen
tags: insomnia, sleeping-world, superiority
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“Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.”
― Leonard Cohen
tags: ash, evidence, inspiration, life, poetry, writing
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