About the book: 2002 / Leonard Norman Cohen was born in 1934 in Montreal (Canada). In 1956, the first collection of his poems, Let's Compare Mythologies, was published. In the 1960s Cohen made his debut as a novelist with the novels The Favorite Game and Beautiful Losers. At this time, he himself lives on the island of Hydra in the Mediterranean Sea and writes compositions that will be included in his first album, “The Songs of Leonard Cohen” (1968). After the release of this album, Cohen gained worldwide fame as a composer and performer of his own songs..