photograph of Irving Layton with Susan Musgrave, Greg Gatenby, and Pier Giorgio di Chirico
contact sheet with photographs of Irving Layton, Susan Musgrave, Greg Gatenby, Pier Giorgio di Chrico and George MacBeth
photograph of Irving Layton
photograph of Aviva Layton
Photograph likely taken in Toronto, Ontario.
Photograph likely taken in Toronto, Ontario.
Photograph likely taken in Toronto, Ontario.
Irving Layton, Francesca Valente and her students
Musée de la Parole
The interview was used for Irving Layton's autobiography Waiting for the Messiah. Among other topics, Layton talks about his frindship with Louis Dudek and John Sutherland, the Montreal scene in the 1940's, Montreal poets and their relation to Patrick Anderson and the literary magazines Preview and First Statement.
The interview was used for Irving Layton's autobiography Waiting for the Messiah, covering Layton's memories of his father, Moses Lazarovitch, and Layton's thoughts on "Son of a Smaller Hero" by Mordecai Richler.
The interview was used for Irving Layton's autobiography Waiting for the Messiah. Among other topics, Layton talks about his childhood and antisemitism in Montreal.