Leonard Cohen Papers 1953-ongoing. 1953-ongoing.

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Leonard Cohen Papers 1953-ongoing. 1953-ongoing.

Drafts of literary works, correspondence, biographical materials.

24 boxes (5 metres)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7029049

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

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Cohen, Leonard, 1934-

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Leonard Cohen was born in 1934 in Montreal. He attended McGill University, where he formed a country-western trio called the Buckskin Boys at age 17. He also began writing poetry and was part of the local literary scene. His first collection of poetry, Let Us Compare Mythologies, was published in 1956 while he was still an undergraduate. It would be his second collection, The Spice Box of Earth, published in 1961, that would launch his literary career. He attended Columbia University in New York...