Layton, Irving, 1912-2006

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
ליטון, אירוינג, 1912-2006
Name (Latin)
Layton, Irving, 1912-2006
Other forms of name
Layton, Irving Peter, 1912-2006
Lazarovitch, Irving Peter, 1912-2006
Lazarovitch, Israel, 1912-2006
Layton, Irving, 1912-
לייטון, אירוינג, 1912-2006
לזרוביץ', ישראל, 1912-2006
Date of birth
1912
Date of death
2006
Associated country
Canada
Occupation
Poets
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 66482092
Wikidata: Q1673289
Library of congress: n 79119057
Sources of Information
  • His Now is the place, 1948.
  • Irving Layton, God's recording angel, c1995:p. 15 (b. Israel Lazarovitch)
  • LAC internal file, August 20, 2025(heading: Layton, Irving, 1912-2006; variant: Layton, Irving Peter;
  • New York times WWW site, Jan. 13, 2006(Irving Layton; Irving Peter Lazarovitch; b. in Romania; d. Jan. 4, Montreal, aged 93; Canadian poet as quirky as he was prolific)
  • The selected poems of Irving Layton, 1977.
  • Wikipedia WWW site, Jan. 5, 2006(Irving Layton, OC; b. Israel Pincu Lazarovitch, Mar. 12, 1912, Tirgul Neamt, Romania; d. Jan. 4, 2006, Montreal; Canadian poet)
  • LCN: Layton, Irving, 1912; Nextbook daily: d. 2006
  • ספר: תמיד על סף דמעות, תש"ע 2010.

Wikipedia description:

Irving Peter Layton, OC (March 12, 1912 – January 4, 2006) was a Romanian-born Canadian poet. He was known for his "tell it like it is" style which won him a wide following but also made him enemies. As T. Jacobs notes in his biography (2001), Layton fought Puritanism throughout his life: Layton's work had provided the bolt of lightning that was needed to split open the thin skin of conservatism and complacency in the poetry scene of the preceding century, allowing modern poetry to expose previously unseen richness and depth.

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