As a writer-musician, Leonard Cohen was a one-off
- Written by David McCooey, Professor of Writing and Literature, Deakin University
Leonard Cohen in 2008, just before he was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.Lucas Jackson/ReutersJust weeks after Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, that other great literary songwriter, Leonard Cohen, has died at the age of 82. When Dylan’s Nobel was announced, a number of commentators claimed that Cohen would...






