Irving Layton
Irving Layton
Irving Peter Layton, OCwas 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, Layton fought Puritanism throughout his life:...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth12 March 1912
CountryCanada
Irving Layton quotes about
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I am a genius who has written poems that will survive with the best of Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Keats