The family attended Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, to which Cohen retained connections for the rest of his life. His father, clothing store owner Nathan Bernard Cohen (1891–1944), died when Cohen was nine years old. His parents gave him the Hebrew name Eliezer, which means "God helps". His paternal grandfather, whose family had moved from Poland to Canada, was Canadian Jewish Congress founding president Lyon Cohen. His Lithuanian mother, Marsha ("Masha") Klonitsky (1905–1978), emigrated to Canada in 1927 and was the daughter of Talmudic writer and rabbi Solomon Klonitsky-Kline. Leonard Norman Cohen was born into an Orthodox Jewish family in Westmount, Quebec, on September 21, 1934. In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked him number 103 in their "200 Greatest Singers of All Time". His posthumous, fifteenth, and final studio album Thanks for the Dance, was released in November 2019. Following a successful string of tours between 20, he released three albums in the final years of his life: Old Ideas (2012), Popular Problems (2014), and You Want It Darker (2016), the last of which was released three weeks before his death. In 2005, Cohen discovered that his manager had stolen most of his money and sold his publishing rights, prompting a return to touring to recoup his losses. His eleventh album, Dear Heather, followed in 2004. In 1992, Cohen released its follow-up, The Future, which had dark lyrics and references to political and social unrest.Ĭohen returned to music in 2001 with the release of Ten New Songs, a major hit in Canada and Europe. I'm Your Man in 1988 marked Cohen's turn to synthesized productions. Cohen's most famous song, " Hallelujah", was released on his seventh album, Various Positions (1984). In 1979, Cohen returned with the more traditional Recent Songs, which blended his acoustic style with jazz, East Asian, and Mediterranean influences. His 1977 record Death of a Ladies' Man, co-written and produced by Phil Spector, was a move away from Cohen's previous minimalist sound.
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His first album, Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967), was followed by three more albums of folk music: Songs from a Room (1969), Songs of Love and Hate (1971) and New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1974). In 2011, he received one of the Prince of Asturias Awards for literature and the ninth Glenn Gould Prize.Ĭohen pursued a career as a poet and novelist during the 1950s and early 1960s, and did not begin a music career until 1967. He was invested as a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honour. He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 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. Leonard Norman Cohen CC GOQ (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist.
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