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Leonard Cohen
Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, &#; November 7, ) was a Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, poet, novelist, and painter. His work was mostly about religion, politics, sexuality, and personal relationships. All of these ideas can be seen in his best known work, "Hallelujah".[2]
Cohen was added into both the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame as well as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
He was a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honor.
In , Cohen received one of the Prince of Asturias Awards for literature and the ninth Glenn Gould Prize.
Early life
[change | change source]Cohen was born on September 21, in Westmount, Quebec into a middle-class Canadian Jewish family. His mother was Marsha (Masha) Klonitsky and his father was Nathan Cohen.[3] Cohen's father died when he was nine years old.
During his high school years in Westmount, Cohen learned and played the guitar many times and wrote poems.[4] He studied at McGill University.
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Leonard Norman Cohen CC GOQ (September 21, – November 7, ) was a Canadian songwriter, singer, poet, and novelist. Themes commonly explored throughout his work include faith and mortality, isolation and depression, betrayal and redemption, social and political conflict, and sexual and romantic love, desire, regret, and loss. [1].Career
[change | change source]Cohen started a career as a poet and novelist during the s and early s. Cohen did not start his music career until , at the age of His first album, Songs of Leonard Cohen (), was followed by three more albums of folk music: Songs from a Room (), Songs of Love and Hate () and New Skin for the Old Ceremony ().
His record Death of a Ladies' Man was co-written and produced by Phil Spector. In , Cohen returned with the more traditional Recent Songs, which blended his acoustic style with jazz and Oriental and Mediterranean influences.
Best leonard cohen biography Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen was a writer and guitarist from an early age. By the mids, Cohen began to compose and release folk-rock and pop songs. One of his most."Hallelujah" was first released on Cohen's studio album Various Positions in Cohen wrote around 80 draft verses for "Hallelujah", with one writing session at the Royalton Hotel in New York where he was reduced to sitting on the floor in his underwear, banging his head on the floor.[5] This became Cohen's best known work.
I'm Your Man in marked Cohen's most popular album with the song "Everybody Knows". In , Cohen released its follow-up, The Future, which had dark lyrics and references to political and social unrest.
Cohen returned to music in with the release of Ten New Songs, which was a major hit in Canada and Europe.
His eleventh album, Dear Heather, followed in After a successful string of tours between and , Cohen released three albums in the final four years of his life: Old Ideas (), Popular Problems () and You Want It Darker (), the last of which was released three weeks before his death.
Personal life
[change | change source]Though never married, Cohen had two children: Adam and Lorca with his girlfriend Suzanne Elrod.[6][7] He was also romantically linked with Marianne Ihlen,[8][9]Janis Joplin and Rebecca De Mornay.[10]
Death
[change | change source]Cohen died in 7 November of leukemia and from complications of a fall in his sleep at his home in Los Angeles, aged [11][12][13]
His funeral was held on November 10, in Montreal, at a cemetery on Mount Royal, his congregation Shaar Hashomayim confirmed.
As was his wish, Cohen was laid to rest with a Jewish rite, in a simple pine casket, in a family plot.[14][15]
Titles and honors
[change | change source]- In , Cohen refused a Governor General's Award (in category for English language poetry or drama) for Selected Poems –.
- In , Cohen was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
- In , Cohen won the Juno Award for Male Vocalist of the Year.
- In , Cohen won another Juno Award this time for Songwriter of the Year.
- In , he was ordained a RinzaiBuddhistmonk.
- In , Cohen was awarded a SNEP Award for more than , copies sold of Ten New Songs in France.
- In , he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honour.
- In , Beautiful Losers was chosen for inclusion in Canada Reads It was selected and originally to be championed by singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright; however, tour commitments meant that Wainwright had to be replaced by singerMolly Johnson.
- In , Cohen was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.
- In , Cohen received a Grammy for Album of the Year as a featured artist on Herbie Hancock's River: The Joni Letters.[16]
- In , Cohen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[17]
- In June he was made a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec[1]
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑Kapica, Jack (August 25, ).
"The trials of Leonard Cohen". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved March 28,
- ↑de Melo, Jessica (December 11, ). "Leonard Cohen to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Grammys". Spinner Canada. Archived from the original on February 24, Retrieved February 24,
- ↑Publications, Europa (). The International Who's Who.
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- ↑"Inductee: Leonard Cohen – Into the consciousness – Hour Community". Archived from the original on Retrieved
- ↑Barton, Laura (18 December ). "Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll". The Guardian.
- ↑"Leonard Cohen's third act – ". September 21,
- ↑"Leonard Cohen died in his sleep after fall, manager says – Fox News".
Leonard cohen biography hallelujah: Leonard Cohen (born September 21, , Montreal, Quebec, Canada—died November 7, , Los Angeles, California, U.S.) was a Canadian singer-songwriter whose spare songs carried an existential bite and established him as one of the most distinctive voices of s pop music.
Fox News. November 16,
- ↑Stang Ihlen, Marianne Christine (July 29, ). "Leonard Cohen Muse Marianne Ihlen, of "So Long, Marianne", Passes Away". Everything Zoomer. Retrieved August 2,
- ↑"Leonard Cohen’s muse Marianne Ihlen dies at age 81". Toronto Star, August 4, (printed version, August 5, , page A3).
- ↑Cohen, Leonard (June 1, ).
"Knowing Rebecca de Mornay Like Only Leonard Cohen Can". Archived from the original on September 19, Retrieved November 19,
- ↑Beeston, Laura (November 12, ). "Montrealers make pilgrimage to Leonard Cohen's old haunts". Toronto Star. Retrieved November 12,
- ↑"Leonard Cohen Died on Monday, Sony Confirms".
Billboard. 11 November
- ↑"Leonard Cohen, singer-songwriter of love, death and philosophical longing, dies at 82". The Washington Post. November 10,
- ↑"Leonard Cohen died Monday, funeral held Thursday in Montreal".Leonard cohen biography Leonard Cohen (born September 21, , Montreal, Quebec, Canada—died November 7, , Los Angeles, California, U.S.) was a Canadian singer-songwriter whose spare songs carried an existential bite and established him as one of the most distinctive voices of s pop music.
Montreal Gazette. November 11, Retrieved November 11,
- ↑"Leonard Cohen had simple funeral". Bang Showbiz. Retrieved November 14,
- ↑"".Leonhard cohen biography Leonard Norman Cohen CC GOQ (September 21, – November 7, ) was a Canadian songwriter, singer, poet, and novelist. Themes commonly explored throughout his work include faith and mortality, isolation and depression, betrayal and redemption, social and political conflict, and sexual and romantic love, desire, regret, and loss. [1].
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- ↑"Indictees for ". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame official website. Retrieved