Trivia

Was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Mr. Layton was married five times and fathered four children

He was awarded the O.C. (Officer of the Order of Canada) on June 23,1976 for his services to Literature.

Father with Aviva Layton, who became his long-term common-law wife in 1961, of David Layton.

Ex brother-in-law of Donald Sutherland.

Former uncle of Kiefer Sutherland.

Teacher, poet