Israel Pincu Lazarovitch (1912-03-12)March 12, 1912 Târgu Neamţ, Romania
Died
January 4, 2006(2006-01-04) (aged 93) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation
poet
Nationality
Canadian Romanian
Notable awards
Governor General's Award, Order of Canada
Irving Peter Layton, OC (March 12, 1912 – January 4, 2006) was a Romanian-born Canadian poet. He was known for his "tell it like it is" style which won him a wide following but also made him enemies. As T. Jacobs notes in his biography (2001), Layton fought Puritanism throughout his life:[1]
Layton's work had provided the bolt of lightning that was needed to split open the thin skin of conservatism and complacency in the poetry scene of the preceding century, allowing modern poetry to expose previously unseen richness and depth.
^T. Jacobs. 2001. Irving Layton, Biography Archived September 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Canadian Poets series, University of Toronto.
Irving Peter Layton, OC (March 12, 1912 – January 4, 2006) was a Romanian-born Canadian poet. He was known for his "tell it like it is" style which won...
Herzliah High School, where his literary mentor (and later inspiration) IrvingLayton taught. He then transferred in 1948 to Westmount High School, where...
known for her biographies of noted Canadian literary figures such as IrvingLayton and Earle Birney. She is also noted for her 1997 memoir No Previous...
instructors, some of Canada's top writers: W.O.Mitchell, Alistair MacLeod, IrvingLayton, Robert Kroetsch, Richard Lemm, Phyllis Webb and Orm Mitchell. She further...
as Charles Krauthammer, Mort Zuckerman, Naomi Klein, Leonard Cohen, IrvingLayton and Gerald Cohen.[citation needed] Shearith Israel, a Spanish-Portuguese...
activities – but Psychic Terrorism. I remember there was a great poem by IrvingLayton that I once read, I'll give you a paraphrase of it. It was 'well, you...
She was part of a Montreal literary circle that included F. R. Scott, IrvingLayton and Louis Dudek. Miriam Waddington was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, she...
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literature." With John Sutherland, the magazine's editor, and poet IrvingLayton, he "fought hard to foster a native tradition in poetry and establish...
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Fraser's writings were praised by such literary figures as Farley Mowat, IrvingLayton, Louis Dudek, Alden Nowlan, Sheila Watson, Leonard Cohen, Hugh Garner...
his arrival in Canada, Crusz was encouraged to continue writing by IrvingLayton, then published his first poems in several literary magazines and journals...
the two best poets in Canada," this time by Al Purdy (the other being IrvingLayton). In 1982 Birney recorded Nexus & Earle Birney, a triple-album collaboration...
Mordecai Richler, Norman Levine, Sheila Watson, Margaret Laurence and IrvingLayton added to the Modernist influence in Canadian literature previously introduced...
Hung Medien. Retrieved August 10, 2011. "A.J.M. Smith, Leonard Cohen, IrvingLayton, F.R. Scott, Louis Dudek, A.M. Klein - Six Montreal Poets". Discogs...
special collections including the Azrieli Holocaust Collection and the IrvingLayton Collection. Most Special Collections are located in the Vanier Library...
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