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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]
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. By Jim Farber. Published on June 27, 2019 12:00PM EDT. Photo:...
Aug 9, 2022 · His mother was Marianne Ihlen, who was one of singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen’s great loves and muses. Jensen tells the story of growing up with Cohen in the documentary film, Little...
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Jun 11, 2020 · When Marianne Ihlen met Leonard Cohen on a Greek island in the early 1960s, she already had a child from a previous relationship, whom the iconic singer helped to raise. Now a new documentary spotlights the fraught story of that son, Axel Jensen, Jr.
Aug 19, 2016 · Marianne Ihlen, who has died aged 81, was the muse and sometime lover of the tormented Canadian balladeer, Leonard Cohen; he described her as “perfect” and “the most beautiful woman” he ever saw.
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 7, 2016 · Leonard Cohen penned an emotional final letter to Marianne Ihlen, the woman who inspired his “So Long, Marianne” and “Bird on the Wire,” just days before her July 29th death, Ihlen’s friend Jan...
