Leonard Cohen: Everybody Knows: Inside His Archive

The Leonard Cohen Family Trust has released a new book called Everybody Knows: Inside His Archive, which provides a glimpse into the late singer-songwriter's personal life and career through previously unseen journals, letters, sketches, and more. The archive offers a rich visual road map to Cohen's evolution as a poet and songwriter, featuring rare concert footage, archival materials, photographs, drawings, and digital art created by Cohen over several decades.

Format: Hardback
Length: 168 pages
Publication date: 28 February 2023
Publisher: Distributed Art Publishers

Renowned across the globe for his profound contemplations on the themes of beauty, mortality, grief, and the human soul, Leonard Cohen has left an indelible mark on the world of music. The extensive personal archive of Cohen, encompassing a vast array of journals, letters, sketches, and other artifacts, offers a captivating glimpse into the artist's creative endeavors and the remarkable trajectory of his career spanning six decades. From a young age, Cohen recognized his destined path to make a significant impact on the world, and he diligently preserved an expansive collection of letters, journals, manuscripts, sketches, and records. Together, these invaluable treasures serve as a vivid visual chronicle of Cohen's evolution as a poet and songwriter.

The inaugural publication to showcase the holdings of the Leonard Cohen Family Trust, Everybody Knows: Inside His Archive, immerses readers in the multifaceted tapestry of Cohen's artistic life. Within its pages, rare concert footage and archival materials, including musical instruments, notebooks, lyrics, and letters, are interwoven with photographs, drawings, and digital art created by Cohen across various decades.

Leonard Cohen, a Canadian poet, singer-songwriter, and novelist, embarked on his artistic journey in 1956 with the publication of his debut book of poetry, Let Us Compare Mythologies. Over the course of his illustrious career, he authored two novels, The Favourite Game (1963) and Beautiful Losers (1966), along with numerous volumes of poetry, including Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs (1993). His musical legacy is further enriched by more than a dozen albums, and numerous tribute albums have celebrated his songs in diverse languages. Tragically, Cohen passed away in Los Angeles in 2016, and his remains were discreetly interred in Montreal shortly thereafter.

Weight: 1006g
Dimension: 245 x 246 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781636810911