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Leonard Cohen was born on 21 September 1934 in Montreal, Quebec. He graduated from McGill University in 1955 and has lived in Los Angeles, California since 1999. A successful musician, Cohen formed his first band at age 17.

Books by Leonard Cohen

	1956 Let Us Compare Mythologies (poetry)
	1961 The Spice-Box of Earth (poetry)
	1963 The Favourite Game (novel)
	1964 Flowers For Hitler (poetry)
	1966 Beautiful Losers (novel)
	1966 Parasites of Heaven (poetry)
	1968 Selected Poems 1956-1968 (poetry)
	1972 The Energy of Slaves (poetry)
	1978 Death of a Lady's Man (poetry)
	1984 Book of Mercy (poetry)
	1993 Stranger Music (poetry)
	2000 God is Alive, Magic is Afoot
	2005 Leonard Cohen Anthology (poetry)
	2006 Book of Longing (poetry)
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Awards

• Canada Reads
  • 2005 – Beautiful Losers – Shortlisted

• Governor General's Literary Award: Poetry
  • 1968 – Selected Poems – Winner (declined)

• Order of Canada
  • 1991 – Officer
  • 2002 – Companion

Links

• Official site
• The Leonard Cohen Files

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Added 24 April 2006.
Updated 07 January 2012.