Leonard Cohen
Leonard Norman Cohen, CC GOQ (21 September 1934 – 7 November 2016)[1] wis a Canadian sangster, sangwriter, poet an novelist. His kent wirk wis "Hallelujah" (1984). His wirk splored releegion, politics, isolation, sexuality, an personal relationships.[3] Cohen wis inductit intae baith the Canadian Music Hall of Fame an the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame as well as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He wis a Companion o the Order o Canadae, the naition's heichest ceevilian honour. In 2011, Cohen received ane o the Prince o Asturias Awairds for leeteratur an the nint Glenn Gould Prize.
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Birth name | Leonard Norman Cohen |
Born | 21 September 1934 Westmount, Quebec, Canadae |
Deid | 7 November 2016[1] Los Angeles, Californie, U.S. | (aged 82)
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Years active | 1956–2016 |
Labels | Columbia |
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Wabsteid | leonardcohen |
References eedit
- ↑ a b "Leonard Cohen, singer-songwriter of love, death and philosophical longing, dies at 82". Washington Post.
- ↑ Kapica, Jack (25 August 1973). "The trials of Leonard Cohen". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 28 Mairch 2014.
- ↑ de Melo, Jessica (11 December 2009). "Leonard Cohen to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at 2010 Grammys". Spinner Canada. Archived frae the original on 24 Februar 2010. Retrieved 24 Februar 2010.