by Leonard Cohen · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780224617765
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«Poems 1956-1968» is Leonard Cohen's poetry book, published by Jonathan Cape Ltd in 1969 in paperback (96 pages, in English).
The volume brings together poems written by Leonard Cohen between 1956 and 1968, his early years as a poet. It is a work of introspective tone in which the lyrical gaze that would later accompany his career as a singer-songwriter is already evident.
The work belongs to Jonathan Cape's Cape Poetry Paperbacks series.
It appeals to poetry readers and fans of Leonard Cohen who want to explore his literary beginnings.
Leonard Norman Cohen was a Canadian songwriter, singer, poet, and novelist. Themes commonly explored throughout his work include faith and mortality, isolation and depression, betrayal and redemption, social and political conflict, sexual and romantic love, desire, regret, and loss. He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was invested as a Companion of the Order of Canada, the nation's highest civilian honour. In 2011, he received one of the Prince of Asturias Awards for literature and the ninth Glenn Gould Prize. In 2023, Rolling Stone named Cohen the 103rd-greatest singer of all time.
