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- 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.
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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.
- Early Life and Education
- The Evolution of A Poet
- Success
- Legacy
Layton emigrated with his family from Romania to Montréal before age one. He took his BSc in agriculture at Macdonald College at McGill University in 1939. He served briefly in the Canadian Army during the Second World War between 1942 and 1943 and then, in 1946, he completed an MA in economics and political science at McGill. After graduation, Lay...
While still in high school, Layton met David Lewis, the future architect of the New Democratic Party and member of Parliament. (Lewis was the father of prominent AIDS activist Stephen Lewis and the grandfather of broadcaster Avi Lewis). Lewis helped spark Layton’s interest in politics and social theory, inspiring him to read Karl Marx and Friedrich...
A Red Carpet for the Sun, published in 1959, marked the beginning of Irving Layton's long association with publisher McClelland and Stewart. It is also the only one of Layton's books to have won the Governor General's Award. It includes poems reprinted from 12 previous collections and contains much of his best work: "The Birth of Tragedy," "The Col...
Famously generous with his time for younger poets, Layton was a major influence on Leonard Cohen, Eli Mandel and Al Purdy. In 1999, Layton's son, David, rekindled interest in and controversy about his father with his less-than-adoring look at the man in Motion Sickness: A Memoir. Narrated by a son dealing with his conflicting feelings towards a fam...
Irving Layton (Israel Pincu Lazarovitch) was born March 12, 1912, in the Romanian town of Târgu Neamț. According to legend, Layton was born circumcised, an event which the local Jewish community took to be a sign of the Messiah.
Canadian poet Israel Pincu Lazarovitch, or Irving Layton, was born in the Romanian town of Târgu Neamt in 1912, the youngest son of an accountant.
Jan 5, 2006 · Canada's enfant terrible of poetry, Irving Layton, died Wednesday in a Montreal care facility where he had been living since 2000. The 93-year-old poet was suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
Dec 21, 2022 · Montreal poet Irving Layton went with option four. A rebel in his youth who changing times turned into a reactionary, Layton’s story has a familiar shape. Born Israel Pincu Lazarovitch in Romania in 1912, Layton and his family immigrated to Canada while he was still a toddler, settling in Montreal.
Irving Layton (born March 12, 1912, Tîrgu Neamț, Romania—died January 4, 2006, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) was a Romanian-born poet, who treated the Jewish Canadian experience with rebellious vigour. Layton’s family immigrated to Canada in 1913.
