Irving Layton

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Also Known As	Irving Peter Lazarovitch
Born	March 12, 1912 • Târgu-Neamţ • Romania
Died	January 4, 2006 (aged 93) • Montreal • Canada

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4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

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