Leonard Cohen

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Leonard Cohen was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist renowned for his deep, poetic lyrics and melancholic songs such as "Hallelujah" and "Suzanne."

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Leonard Cohen canonical 106
Leonard Norman Cohen 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
novelist
poet
recording artist
singer-songwriter
awardReceived Canadian Music Hall of Fame induction
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Prince of Asturias Award for Literature
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
Songwriters Hall of Fame induction
burialPlace Shaar Hashomayim Cemetery, Montreal, Canada
causeOfDeath leukemia
countryOfCitizenship Canada
dateOfBirth 1934-09-21
dateOfDeath 2016-11-07
debutAlbum Songs of Leonard Cohen
educatedAt McGill University
ethnicGroup Canadian Jew
familyName Cohen
fieldOfWork literature
music
fullName Leonard Cohen self-linksurface differs
surface form: Leonard Norman Cohen
genre contemporary folk
folk music
folk rock
poetry
soft rock
givenName Leonard
hasChild Adam Cohen
Lorca Cohen
influenced Jeff Buckley
Lana Del Rey
Nick Cave
Rufus Wainwright
influencedBy Federico García Lorca
languageOfWorkOrName English
French
memberOf Order of Canada
Order of Montreal
notableWork Beautiful Losers
Bird on the Wire
Book of Longing
Chelsea Hotel #2
Dance Me to the End of Love
Everybody Knows
Famous Blue Raincoat
Hallelujah
Let Us Compare Mythologies
So Long, Marianne
Suzanne
The Favourite Game
Tower of Song
You Want It Darker
occupation composer
lyricist
musician
novelist
poet
singer-songwriter
placeOfBirth Westmount, Quebec, Canada
placeOfDeath Los Angeles
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
publicationDateOfDebutAlbum 1967
recordLabel Columbia Records
religion Judaism
residence Hydra, Greece
Los Angeles
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States

Montreal
surface form: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
voiceType baritone
yearsActive 1950s–2016

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Bob Dylan influenced Leonard Cohen
Columbia Records notableArtist Leonard Cohen
Everybody Knows creator Leonard Cohen
Everybody Knows lyricist Leonard Cohen
Everybody Knows performer Leonard Cohen
Everybody Knows recordedBy Leonard Cohen
Zimmerman influenced Leonard Cohen
subject surface form: Bob Dylan
Leonard Cohen fullName Leonard Cohen self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Leonard Norman Cohen
Glenn Gould Prize notableLaureate Leonard Cohen
Hozier influencedBy Leonard Cohen
Conor Oberst influencedBy Leonard Cohen
Hotel Chelsea famousResident Leonard Cohen
Hammond discovered Leonard Cohen
subject surface form: John H. Hammond Jr.
Rebecca De Mornay partner Leonard Cohen
Sharon Robinson collaboratesWith Leonard Cohen
Sharon Robinson associatedAct Leonard Cohen
Sharon Robinson notableSongWrittenFor Leonard Cohen
I’m Your Man artist Leonard Cohen
subject surface form: I'm Your Man
I’m Your Man performer Leonard Cohen
subject surface form: I'm Your Man
I’m Your Man producer Leonard Cohen
subject surface form: I'm Your Man
I’m Your Man marksCreativeShiftOf Leonard Cohen
subject surface form: I'm Your Man
Bob Johnston workedWith Leonard Cohen
Cohen notableBearerExample Leonard Cohen
Hallelujah composer Leonard Cohen
Hallelujah lyricist Leonard Cohen
Hallelujah performer Leonard Cohen
Hallelujah originalArtist Leonard Cohen
So Long, Marianne artist Leonard Cohen
So Long, Marianne writer Leonard Cohen
So Long, Marianne composer Leonard Cohen
So Long, Marianne performer Leonard Cohen
So Long, Marianne artist Leonard Cohen
subject surface form: Songs of Leonard Cohen
Bird on the Wire creator Leonard Cohen
Bird on the Wire lyricist Leonard Cohen
Bird on the Wire composer Leonard Cohen
Bird on the Wire performer Leonard Cohen
Bird on the Wire artist Leonard Cohen
subject surface form: Songs from a Room
Dance Me to the End of Love composer Leonard Cohen
Dance Me to the End of Love lyricist Leonard Cohen
Dance Me to the End of Love performer Leonard Cohen
Dance Me to the End of Love writtenBy Leonard Cohen
Chelsea Hotel #2 artist Leonard Cohen
Chelsea Hotel #2 writer Leonard Cohen
Chelsea Hotel #2 composer Leonard Cohen
Chelsea Hotel #2 recordedBy Leonard Cohen