Talk:Irving Layton

message: Any family connection between Irving Layton and politician Jack Layton? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.199.104.162 (talk • contribs) .
Irving Layton was born Israel Pincu Lazarovitch in Romania. Read the flippin' article.For that matter, read the Jack Layton article. -Dhodges
:No need to be rude. It's a valid question. Irving could conceivably be Jack's uncle, for instance. Pburka 01:02, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Related to Jack Layton? 

message: Can someone source the claim about the Nobel nominations? The nominations are kept secret for 50 years (though of course may be leaked by the nominators). Also, a nation per se cannot make a nomination, though certain national societies can.
:CBC Radio One indicated that he was nominated. I don't know about the details of the nations, though. Pburka 00:57, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nominated for Nobel prize? 

message: Could this be put differently?
:In the 1940s, Layton and his fellow Canadian poets rejected the older generation of poets, including Northrop Frye, and their efforts helped define the tone of the post-war generation poets in Canada.
I appreciate the truth of the statement -- Layton was a member of a 'younger school' than Frye -- but it's a bit off to describe Layton and Frye as different generations: they were both born in 1912, and in fact Frye was younger than Layton. --Saforrest 03:02, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Older generation? 

message: Good job on the research for this page. I saw Irving Layton at the London, Ontario, Central Library back in the 1970s. Quite a character. Good documentarty on his life on the CBC recently, as well. Barry Wells 03:24, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Good job

message: The biography by T. Jacobs, which was relied on for our article, erroneously refers to Layton as a "Brigade Commander" at Petawawa during the war.  This is highly unlikely, since Canadian brigades number upwards of 5,000 personnel and are usually commanded by a general.  As he was only in the army for about a year, it is unlikely that he rose to command a brigade.  Platoon commander, perhaps, but I don't have a source for that, so have removed it. Sunray 08:14, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Unlikely brigade commander

message: I've removed a large amount of material about the activities of a young poet inspired by Layton: see  . FreplySpang (talk) 13:05, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Related material has been added several times, but it seems only tangentially related to Layton. FreplySpang (talk) 19:51, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I see what you mean.  Looks like a vanity piece about the "young poet."  It definitely does not belong in this article. Sunray 01:22, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  removed large amount of material 

message: Under Works there is currently listed a CD entitled Celebration: Famous Canadian Poets. Is this not a CD that features several Canadian poets (not just Layton)? --Victoriagirl 21:03, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Celebration CD

message: I've reverted this the recent addition of a link by Judithfitzgerald. The link, to the user's own website, provides nothing more than a photograph of Layton and a six-word quote. The user may wish to read WP:OWN, WP:COI and WP:CIVIL. 76.69.40.174 (talk) 03:51, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Link to Irving Layton photo

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