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  1. Marianne Christine Stang Ihlen ( Norwegian: [mɑrɪˈɑ̂nːə ˈîːln̩]; 18 May 1935 – 28 July 2016) [nb 1] was a Norwegian woman who was the first wife of author Axel Jensen and later the muse and girlfriend of Leonard Cohen for several years in the 1960s. [5] She was the subject of Cohen's 1967 song "So Long, Marianne".

  2. Jun 27, 2019 · How an early romance helped shape Leonard Cohen's music. Marianne Ihlen met the songwriter while on the Greek island of Hydra. More than 50 years ago, Leonard Cohen wrote a classic song of ...

  3. Jun 14, 2020 · One of the two women was Marianne Ihlen. Some of the memories she mentioned during those nights in the artists colony dated back to the early 1960s on the Greek island of Hydra, where she met a then-largely unknown young Canadian poet named Leonard Cohen. The two were part of a lively community of artists and bohemians who converged on Hydra ...

  4. Aug 21, 2019 · It was 1968, a year after the summer of love, and a colony of hippies and bohemian artists had descended upon the Greek island for sex, drugs and higher spiritualism. Two days after he got off the boat, Broomfield met Marianne Ihlen, a young Norwegian woman living in the colony with her child, Axel. They struck up a friendship.

  5. Jul 5, 2019 · July 5, 2019 11:00 am. Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen. Aviva Layton. Two romances anchor Nick Broomfield ‘s documentary “Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love.”. Both bloomed on the sparkling ...

  6. Marianne in a white, Greek room. Sitting in front of the typewriter belonging to Leonard Cohen. She looked so incredibly innocent and young. Cohen said she was the most beautiful woman he had ever met. MARIANNE: I never felt that I looked like much at all. I didn't believe it when Leonard said ”you’re the most beautiful woman I’ve ever ...

  7. Aug 19, 2016 · Marianne Ihlen, who has died aged 81, was the muse and sometime lover of the tormented Canadian balladeer, Leonard Cohen; ... At the age of 22, “young, naive and in love,” she shocked her ...

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