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PORTRAIT: The Famous Leonard Cohen 2nd September at the Arena
Brought Poetry to Rock and Roll Music
Author: A. Novakovic | Photo: Reuters | 30.08.2009. - 00:01

Life story of the legendary Canadian KANTAUTORA Leonard Cohen to 2nd September to compete in the Belgrade Arena will surely one day be embedded in the film - a poet who writes about love, sex, politics ... a man whom many consider one of the most influential authors of all time ... and singer who is in 72nd years remained almost dinars (dollars) after it was stolen manager. Cohen will soon fill the 75th years, and tickets for his concerts are sold within a few hours ...

Leonard Norman Cohen was born in 1934th in Vestmauntu, a small town near Montreal, in a Jewish family, his father was originally from Poland, mother from Lithuania. As a teenager he formed the folk band "Buckskin Boys, however, in that period he was more interested in writing, which is able to devote himself entirely due to money that his father left. The first collection of poems, "Let Us Compare Mythologies," published in 1956. while studying at McGill University. After the book "The Spice-Box of Earth" from the 1961st became well known in Canadian literary circles, and the next five years he spent on the Greek island of Hydra, where he wrote several collections of poems and novels, including the autobiographical novel "The Favorite Game".
European Movement
At the beginning of 1967th moved to America and soon published his first album "Songs of Leonard Cohen" is for the U.S. audience was too bleak, while the other hand, the album in the UK a great success and the local top charts was more than a year . With this board hits of all time became the song "Suzanne" and "Sisters of Mercy." Since then, Cohen has released 10 more studio albums, and the status of eternal songs have the song "Everybody Knows," "Bird on the Wire," "Hallelujah," "First We Take Manhattan" ...
Cohen emphasized by many musicians as their role models, his songs are treated more than 2,000 times, and in December last year in the UK singles chart in the first two places held Alexandra Burke and Jeff Buckley, with his versions of the song "Hallelujah!"
Although the late nineties announced that more will go on tour, the decision was changed after the 2005th his then-manager Kelley Lynch empty his pension fund. Court in Los Angeles in 2006. Koenovu ruled in favor of Linčovoj and ordered to pay him nine million dollars, but not a day has not got the money and had no choice but to once again return to the scene.
Attracted great attention because of his turbulent private life, once was about Janis Joplin, actress Rebecca De Morni ... For links with artists Susan Elrod has two children, son Adam and daughter Lorca. Cohen is currently in connection with the American pianist Anjani Thomas ...

Career long half-century
1934th - 21 September was born in Vestmauntu
1956th - He published the first collection of poems
1966th - He wrote the novel "Beautiful Losers", which many consider his best work
1967th - Publishes debut album "Songs of Leonard Cohen"
1973rd - Sang the Israeli soldiers
1984th - He has released the album "Various Positions" in which there is the famous single "Hallelujah"
1986th - Appeared in the series "Miami Vice"
1990th - Thanks to the movie "Pump Up the Volume" became a huge hit song "Everybody Knows"
2008th - Received in the Rock and Roll "Hall of Fame"
2009th - All 47,000 tickets for the concert sold out in Tel Aviv for several hours