The article only mentions this particular in its photo caption: Cohen donated his $50,000 prize to the Canada Council for the Arts. Full (enough) story at the National Post:
Leonard Cohen was feted in grand style on Monday night, with a who’s who of Canadian luminaries showing up to pay tribute to the singer-songwriter as he was awarded the biannual Glenn Gould Prize at Toronto’s Massey Hall.
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There were those who muttered when Leonard Cohen won the Glenn Gould prize last year that the poor fellow was going to need the case after being cleaned out by a fraudster. Last week, Cohen gave away his mentoring part of the award ... Read Post
Leonard Cohen donated the 50k Glenn Gould prize money to the Canada Council for the Arts. Very cool. Here, in this The Globe and Mail article, he discusses his relationship with Glenn Gould: He recalled meeting the Toronto native fo... Read Post
Joel Saget, AFP Leonard Cohen took home the Glenn Gould Prize last night at a star-studded ceremony at Toronto's Massey Hall. But the legend then promptly gave the $50,000 reward which came with it to the Canada Council for the Arts... Read Post