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Irving Layton: Tonight's lowkey TV documentary captures poet's private moods.
Irving Layton: Tonight's lowkey TV documentary captures poet's private moods.

Irving Layton: Tonight's lowkey TV documentary captures poet's private moods.

Date10/16/1981
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0062096F
Poet's people gather round, Poet Milton Acorn is presented with cheque for $1,000 and medal by fellow poets Irving Layton (left) and Eli Mandel (right(...)
Poet's people gather round, Poet Milton Acorn is presented with cheque for $1,000 and medal by fellow poets Irving Layton (left) and Eli Mandel (right(...)
5/18/1970
Not smiling now: Soviet national team coach Boris Kulagin appears to be in grimmest of moods as he supervises workout for tonight's second game of 8-game series
Not smiling now: Soviet national team coach Boris Kulagin appears to be in grimmest of moods as he supervises workout for tonight's second game of 8-game series
9/18/1974
The funnyman, Getting in the mood for tonight's opening Grandstant show Victor Borge tries out huge asbestos suit and a mobile fire truck boom
The funnyman, Getting in the mood for tonight's opening Grandstant show Victor Borge tries out huge asbestos suit and a mobile fire truck boom
8/20/1965
Poet Irving Layton outside stock exchange: 'Bay St. is a Wasp preserve'
Poet Irving Layton outside stock exchange: 'Bay St. is a Wasp preserve'
6/27/1978
Irving Layton, the Montreal poet, came to the Steeles and Keele campus last fall and finds it a god-forsaken place, but says York is one of the more alive and throbbing places to be teaching
Irving Layton, the Montreal poet, came to the Steeles and Keele campus last fall and finds it a god-forsaken place, but says York is one of the more alive and throbbing places to be teaching
2/25/1970
Poet Irving Layton, left, autographs his recently published poetry collection for Heather Csapo, a third year fine arts student, at publication party at York University
Poet Irving Layton, left, autographs his recently published poetry collection for Heather Csapo, a third year fine arts student, at publication party at York University
12/9/1971
Poet Irving Layton met his new wife Anna Pottier five years ago at a poetry reading when a friend sent one of her poems up to him
Poet Irving Layton met his new wife Anna Pottier five years ago at a poetry reading when a friend sent one of her poems up to him
11/13/1986
Poet Irving Layton on Bay St., the symbol of all the dislikes about Toronto: 'What people worship here is success,' he says.
Poet Irving Layton on Bay St., the symbol of all the dislikes about Toronto: 'What people worship here is success,' he says.
6/27/1978
Still going strong in their old age are, from left, actor Hume Cronyn, poet Irving Layton, broadcaster Gordon Sinclair, author Eric Arthur and The Sta(...)
Still going strong in their old age are, from left, actor Hume Cronyn, poet Irving Layton, broadcaster Gordon Sinclair, author Eric Arthur and The Sta(...)
4/12/1979
Poet Leonard Cohen, bewildered but surrounded by girls at a party for himself and Irving Layton, thrown by publishers McClelland and Stewart at the Fi(...)
Poet Leonard Cohen, bewildered but surrounded by girls at a party for himself and Irving Layton, thrown by publishers McClelland and Stewart at the Fi(...)
3/8/1973
Capture the excitement: Between Marian Ogden Sketch's writing and photographs of Ralph Sketch's sculptures, the couple captures the excitement of great events in Canada's history
Capture the excitement: Between Marian Ogden Sketch's writing and photographs of Ralph Sketch's sculptures, the couple captures the excitement of great events in Canada's history
9/26/1980
Berton: Captures spirit of the North
Berton: Captures spirit of the North
12/1/1988