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Jun 27, 2019 · Music. How an early romance helped shape Leonard Cohen's music. Marianne Ihlen met the songwriter while on the Greek island of Hydra. By Jim Farber. Published on June 27, 2019 12:00PM EDT....
Her life and relationship with Cohen was depicted in Nick Broomfield's 2019 documentary film Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love. [ 20 ] [ 33 ] In June 2019 a collection of more than 50 love letters written by Leonard Cohen to Ihlen were sold at auction by Christie's for $876,000 with many selling for more than five times their pre-sale estimates.
Marianne Ihlen (also known as Jensen) holds her son, Axel Jensen Jr, on her lap as friends watch, Hydra, Greece, October 1960. Pictured are, from second left, Canadian poet, author, and musician Leonard Cohen, unidentified, and married Australian authors George Johnston and Charmian Clift.
Dec 5, 2019 · Few people, however, know about Marianne Ihlen, the woman who was Cohen's partner for a turbulent decade and the song's inspiration.
Jul 3, 2019 · The latest is this year’s Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love, a film that explores the key early relationship between the late songwriter Leonard Cohen and his one-time romantic partner and often described muse, Marianne Ihlen, who Cohen wrote the greatly adored song “So Long, Marianne” about.
Aug 12, 2016 · The book So Long, Marianne: A Love Story preserves the 1963 image of Marianne Ihlen and Leonard Cohen strolling at the port of Hydra, the Greek island where they enjoyed a blissfully...
Nov 15, 2016 · In 1960, Leonard Cohen moved to the Greek island of Hydra where he met Marianne Ihlen — a 23-year-old Norwegian, and so began a romance that would later become immortalized in song.
