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Leonard Cohen
A published poet before he was a singer, and the author of the most covered song of its era.
Life story
- September 21, 1934 · Montreal
Born in Westmount, Montreal - 1956 · Montreal
Published his first book of poems while at McGill - 1960 · Hydra, Greece
Bought a house on the Greek island of Hydra and wrote there for years - 1967 · New York
Released Songs of Leonard Cohen, including Suzanne - 1984 · New York
Released Hallelujah, ignored at first and later recorded hundreds of times - 1994 · California
Spent five years at a Zen monastery on Mount Baldy - November 7, 2016 · Montreal
Died in Los Angeles; buried in Montreal