A.M. Klein (February 14, 1909-August 20, 1972) was a Canadian author. Born Abraham Moses Klein in the Ukraine, he lived most of his life in Montreal. February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Tuesday. ... City motto: Concordia Salus (Latin: Well-being through harmony) Province Quebec Mayor Gérald Tremblay MPs Vivian Barbot, Bernard Bigras, Denis Coderre, Irwin Cotler, Stéphane Dion, Gilles Duceppe, Marlene Jennings, Francine Lalonde, Jean Lapierre, Paul Martin, Réal Ménard, Serge Ménard, Maria Mourani, Massimo Pacetti, Bernard Patry...

Best known for his poetry, Klein also wrote a number of essays and short stories. By profession he was a lawyer, and ran for Parliament on the CCF socialist ticket in 1949. Fellow Montreal Jew, Leonard Cohen, is an admirer who has cited Klein as an influence and written a song in his memory. Poetry (ancient Greek: ποιεω (poieo) = I create) is traditionally a written art form (although there is also an ancient and modern poetry which relies mainly upon oral or pictorial representations) in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ... An essay is a short work that treats a topic from an authors personal point of view, often taking into account subjective experiences and personal reflections upon them. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Leonard Cohen Leonard Norman Cohen, CC (born September 21, 1934 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a poet, novelist, and singer-songwriter. ...

He was awarded the Lorne Pierce Medal by the Royal Society of Canada in 1956. The Lorne Pierce Medal is awarded every two years by the Royal Society of Canada to recognize achievement of special significance and conspicuous merit in imaginative or critical literature written in either English or French. ... The Royal Society of Canada, (French: La Société royale du Canada) The Canadian Academy of the Sciences and Humanities, is the senior national body of distinguished Canadian scientists and scholars. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Works

Published during Klein's lifetime

• Hath Not a Jew... (1940)
• Poems (1944)
• The Hitleriard (1944)
• The Rocking Chair, and Other Poems (1948)
• The Second Scroll (novel, 1951; critical edition, 2000)

The Second Scroll is a 1951 novella by the Jewish-Canadian writer A.M. Klein. ...

Published posthumously

• The Collected Poems of A.M.Klein (1974)
• Beyond Sambation: Selected Essays and Editorials (1982)
• Short Stories (1983)
• Literary Essays and Reviews (1983)
• Complete Poems (1990)
• Notebooks: Selections From the A.M. Klein Papers (1994)
• Selected Poems (1997)

External links

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