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I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen

A musical presentation by Sylvie Simmons

Canadian singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen attributed the source of his music to Jewish liturgy, "the sound of the Jewish voice raised in prayer or adoration or praise. Those are the kinds of modes that touched me and informed me." In writing her authorized biography of Cohen, journalist Sylvie Simmons interviewed more than one hundred of those closest to him, including his bar mitzvah teacher, his current rabbi, his fellow monks at the Mount Baldy Zen Center where he was ordained a Buddhist monk, as well as the mother of his children, former lovers, friends, musicians, record producers, literary editors, and Cohen himself. NPR's All Things Considered named I'm Your Man the best biography of the year in 2012. It has been translated into fifteen languages, including Hebrew.

Born in London, Sylvie Simmons is an award-winning writer and rock journalist whose previous books include biographies of Neil Young and French Jewish singer Serge Gainsbourg. A singer/songwriter and ukulelist, she released her debut album in November 2014.

Interests: Arts & Culture
Date: 
March 03, 2015
TIME: 
12:00 AM
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Location: 
Jewish Community Library
1835 Ellis Street
City: 
San Francisco
Cost: 
$0

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Organized By: 
Jewish LearningWorks
Event Contact Person: 
Allison Green
(415) 567-3327 x703
ajgreen@jewishlearningworks.com
Event Website: 
http://www.jewishcommunitylibrary.org/
Speakers: 
Sylvie Simmons
Born in London, Sylvie Simmons is an award-winning writer and rock journalist whose previous books include biographies of Neil Young and French Jewish singer Serge Gainsbourg. A singer/songwriter and ukulelist, she released her debut album in November 2014.