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9 musicians who have broken into the literary world

Here are nine other musicians who have published novels, short stories, poetry, and children’s books.

7. Leonard Cohen

  • By Lisa Weidenfeld Contributor

Leonard Cohen has been publishing books of poetry to great acclaim since 1956, but his novels have fared less well. The Guardian called his novels “an acquired taste” but also pointed out that his 1966 novel Beautiful Losers – an experimental work with a love triangle and a connection to a 17th-century Mohawk saint – is “increasingly seen as a classic.”

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