Leonard Cohen was born in Montreal (Westmount), Quebec. He loved Montreal, the French Flavour, the various ethnic parts of the city and he revelled in all things Montreal.

He would frequent the Main Street Steak House (a restaurant that I really on many occasions).

From the outside you would Think Not Much, but the food and the atmosphere and the colourful characters that frequented that restaurant was worth every moment.

Eventually, Leonard began studying at McGill University (which would give Harvard a run for its’ money on any given day) where he began writing poems and novels and in a short while, he became the President of McGill’s Debating Union.

He won Chester MacNaughton’s Literary Competition for his books of poems “Sparrows” and “Thoughts of a Landsman”.

He studied Law at McGill and then spent 1956 and 1957 at Columbia University in New York City.

In 1958 he returned to Montreal and began to expand his literary horizons and audience. By 1960 he was writing songs which were recorded by various artists such as “Suzanne” which was an International hit by Judy Collins.

By the mid sixties Leonard moved back to New York City, where he became a confident of Andy Warhol and he became the Darling of the Literary and Avant Garde Set of New York.

Eventually he began to record his own albums and he his fame spread throughout the world.

He was awarded The Order of Canada and The Order of Quebec, was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, plus various other Music and Civil Awards.

To date he has recoded fourteen albums, thirteen books of poetry, two novels and appeared in ten films.

He passed way at age 82.

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