First Edition of Layton's uncommon First Book & First Book of the First Statement Press. Canadian poet Israel Pincu Lazarovitch, or Irving Layton, was born in the Romanian town of T�rgu Neamt in 1912. Layton s lush, elemental poems explore sexual and spiritual intimacy. His honors included two Nobel Prize nominations, Italy s Petrarch Prize for Poetry, grants from the Canada Council, the Governor General s Award, the Senior Arts Fellowship, and several honorary degrees. 'The Swimmer' an intimation of the non-rational and alinear integritas that characterizes the mature Layton, and it is, on that basis, indeed the most successful poem in Here and Now. In the mid-1990s, he received a diagnosis of Alzheimer s disease, which led to his death in 2006. Publisher's plain card covers, grey outer wrapper title in red & black. An exceptional example in excellent condition with just darkening to the perimeters. Seller Inventory # 274480

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Title: Here and Now

Publisher: First Statement Press, Montreal

Publication Date: 1945

Binding: softcover

Condition: very good

Edition: First edition.

Book Type: book

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