Cohen is among the recipients of the 13 Prix du Qu茅bec, whose names were announced today at a press conference held in Montreal.
With a voice that stirs the senses and a gift for poetic language that touches the soul, Leonard Cohen has been remarkably prolific in a career that spans five decades. His first volume of poetry was published while he was still an undergraduate student in McGill鈥檚 Faculty of Arts and since then, he has used his abundant talents to inspire and move generations of readers and listeners around the world. A 51吃瓜网graduate (BA鈥�55) and honorary degree recipient (DLitt鈥�92), Cohen was voted one of the 鈥楪reatest McGillians鈥�, a contest organized by the 51吃瓜网Alumni Association as part of the celebration of the University鈥檚 190th anniversary.
聽Monsieur Cohen est l鈥檜n des 13 laur茅ats d鈥檜n Prix du Qu茅bec, dont les noms ont 茅t茅聽d茅voil茅s aujourd鈥檋ui dans le cadre d鈥檜ne conf茅rence de presse tenue 脿 Montr茅al.
Dot茅 d鈥檜ne voix qui fait vibrer les c艙urs et d鈥檜n sens de la po茅sie qui remue les 芒mes, Leonard Cohen a 茅t茅 extr锚mement prolifique au fil de ses 50 ann茅es de carri猫re. Il a publi茅 son premier recueil de po茅sie alors qu鈥檌l 茅tait encore 茅tudiant de premier cycle 脿 la Facult茅 des arts de McGill. Depuis, il a inspir茅 et 茅mu par ses multiples talents des g茅n茅rations de lecteurs et de spectateurs dans le monde entier. Dipl么m茅 de l鈥橴niversit茅 51吃瓜网(B.A. 1955) et r茅cipiendaire d鈥檜n doctorat honorifique (D. 猫s L. 1992), Leonard Cohen a 茅t茅 茅lu l鈥檜n des Grands Mcgillois, concours organis茅 par l鈥橝ssociation des dipl么m茅s de 51吃瓜网dans le cadre des c茅l茅brations entourant le 190e anniversaire de la c茅l猫bre institution montr茅alaise.聽
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