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Leonard Cohen is known for his throaty Bass/Baritone voice and fans all over Canada and the United States are clammoring for another chance to see this singer songwrites live and in person. Leonard Cohen conert tickets will be a hot item especially in Montreal, Quebec where hes from. Leonard Cohens work often deals with the exploration of religion, isolation, sexuality and complex interpersonal relationships. Cohen has had a illustrious career and has been very outspoken the political world. Over one thousand renditions of Cohen's songs have been recorded. He has been inducted into both the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame and is also a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honour. While giving the speech at his induction into the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 10, 2008, Lou Reed described Cohen as in the "highest and most influential echelon of songwriters.". Cohen has been become legendary for his stage prescence and the 2009 tour dates should shatter box office sales and show fan what kind of concert he can still put on.

In 1951, Cohen enrolled at McGill University, where he became president of the McGill Debating Union. Literary influences during this time included Yeats, Walt Whitman and Henry Miller. His first published book of poetry, Let Us Compare Mythologies (1956), was published under Louis Dudek as the first book in the McGill Poetry Series while Leonard Cohen was still an undergraduate student. The Spice-Box of Earth (1961) made him well known in poetry circles, especially in his native Canada.After completing an undergraduate degree, Cohen spent a term in McGill's law school and a year (1956-57) at Columbia University.Cohen applied a strong work ethic to his early and keen literary ambitions. He wrote poetry and fiction through much of the 1960s, and preferred to live in quasi-reclusive circumstances. After moving to Hydra, a Greek island, Cohen published the poetry collection Flowers for Hitler (1964), and the novels The Favourite Game (1963) and Beautiful Losers (1966). The Favourite Game is an autobiographical bildungsroman about a young man who discovers his identity through writing.

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