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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.
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.