Leonard Cohen

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human novelist poet recording artist singer-songwriter

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

Aliases (1)

Leonard Norman Cohen ×1

Statements (69)

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 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, California, United States →
publicationDateOfDebutAlbum	1967 →
recordLabel	Columbia Records →
religion	Judaism →
residence	Hydra, Greece → Los Angeles, California, United States → Montreal, Quebec, Canada →
voiceType	baritone →
yearsActive	1950s–2016 →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bob Dylan → Bob Dylan →	influenced
Conor Oberst → Hozier →	influencedBy
I'm Your Man →	artist
Sharon Robinson →	associatedAct
Sharon Robinson →	collaboratesWith
Everybody Knows →	creator
John H. Hammond Jr. →	discovered
Hotel Chelsea →	famousResident
Leonard Cohen ("Leonard Norman Cohen") →	fullName
Everybody Knows →	lyricist
Columbia Records →	notableArtist
Glenn Gould Prize →	notableLaureate
Sharon Robinson →	notableSongWrittenFor
Rebecca De Mornay →	partner
Everybody Knows →	performer
Everybody Knows →	recordedBy