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Whom the gods do not intend to destroy, they first make mad with poetry.

Irving Layton

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Irving Layton
Age: 93 †
Born: 1912
Born: March 12
Died: 2006
Died: January 4
Essayist
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
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Irving Peter Layton
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Poetry

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