Irving Layton
Irving Layton (born March 12, 1912 in Târgu Neamț , Romania ; † January 4, 2006 in Montréal ; actually Israel Pincu Lazarovici ) was a Canadian poet and author from Romania . In his works he deals with Jewish-Canadian experiences.
Layton's family immigrated to Canada in 1913. He studied first at the Macdonald Campus, Quebec, (B.Sc., 1939) and then at McGill University (MA, 1946), to which this campus belongs. During World War II he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force , from 1945 to 1960 he was a teacher and university lecturer in Montreal. From 1970 to 1978 he was Professor of Literature at York University in Toronto.
Layton's poems are lyrical and romantic in tone and classic in form. His early works Here and Now (1945) and Now Is the Place (1948) contain descriptive poetry. In In the Midst of My Fever (1954) and The Cold Green Element (1955) he expresses his hatred of the bourgeoisie . He believed that poets should alarm and upset their readers. He later turned from social satire to concern about the human condition .
Irving Layton was a major influence on Leonard Cohen's early poetry . Both were on friendly terms.
Works
Lyric:
- Here and Now (1945)
- Now Is the Place (1948)
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In the Midst of My Fever (1954)
- A poem from it, trans. Hans Thill: In the middle of my fever, in America writing differently. Quebec literature. Ed. Lothar Baier . Das Wunderhorn , 2000, pp. 185f.
- The Cold Green Element (1955)
- A Red Carpet for the Sun (1959)
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The Swinging Flesh. Poems and stories. (1961)
- from it narration, trans. Armin Arnold: Piety, in: Modern narrators of the world: Canada. Row no. 51st series "Spiritual Encounter" at the Institute for Foreign Relations Stuttgart. Edition Erdmann , 1976, pp. 213-232
- Balls for a One-Armed Juggler (1963)
- For My Brother Jesus (1976)
- For My Neighbors in Hell (1980)
- Europe and Other Bad News (1981)
- Collected Poems (1965)
- A Wild Peculiar Joy. The collected poems of Iriving Layton. McClelland & Stewart, 1982
Prose:
- Engagements (1972)
- Taking Sides (1978)
Web links
- Irving Layton ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia .
Individual evidence
- ↑ very clearly visible in his only German trans. Narrative piety
- ^ Leonard Cohen: Everybody knows. Harvey Kubernik's pictorial biography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Layton, Irving |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lazarovici, Israel Pincu (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian poet and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Târgu Neamț , Romania |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 4, 2006 |
| Place of death | Montréal |