Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories

The extraordinary life of one of the world’s greatest music and literary icons, in the words of those who knew him best.

About the author

Michael Posner is an award-winning writer, playwright, and journalist, and the author of nine previous books. These include the bestselling Mordecai Richler biography The Last Honest Man, and the Anne Murray biography All of Me, as well as the first two books in the Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories series, The Early Years, Vol. 1 and From This Broken Hill, Vol. 2. He was Washington Bureau Chief for Maclean’s magazine, and later served as its national, foreign, and assistant managing editor. He was also managing editor of the Financial Times of Canada for three years. He later spent sixteen years as a senior writer with The Globe and Mail (Toronto).

Summary

The extraordinary life of one of the world’s greatest music and literary icons, in the words of those who knew him best.

Additional text

“[The] multiple perspectives capture man and myth in tandem. For all of his gift for words, Cohen would have struggled to tell his story better himself.”
— Uncut Magazine

Product details

• Authors: Michael Posner
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781982152628
• ISBN: 978-1-982152-62-8
• Series: Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Prose: non-fiction, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, Biography: arts & entertainment, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Biography and non-fiction prose, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment