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May 25, 2006: Leonard Cohen's Stuff Goes to University of Toronto Library
"The last time Leonard Cohen papers came to the University of Toronto's treasure trove of words and paper, the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, it was 1968. The Fisher purchased 14 boxes worth of drawings, newspaper clippings and drafts, ranging from Cohen's first, unpublished novel, The Ballet of Lepers, to the manuscript for his 1967 novel Beautiful Losers. "We didn't pay much, maybe four digits, but enough to give Leonard a year on the island of Hydra," says Richard Landon, director of the Fisher."
