Leonard Norman Cohen CC GOQ was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and author (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016).
His writings included topics such as politics, religion, loneliness, depression, sexuality, bereavement, and love.
What were Leonard Cohen’s last words?
I guess I’ll never have the structured life that my father did. And I’ll never live in a home like the one he did, with its customs, dignity, and polish-filled air.
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He was admitted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.
He received the highest civilian honour bestowed by the country, Companion of the Order of Canada. He won the eighth Glenn Gould Prize and one of the Prince of Asturias Awards for literature in 2011.
Before starting his music career in 1967, Cohen worked on his poetry and novel during the 1950s and the early 1960s.
Three more folk albums—Songs from a Room (1969), Songs of Love and Hate (1971), and New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1973)—followed his first, Songs of Leonard Cohen, which was released in 1967. (1974).
