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Marianne Christine Stang Ihlen (Norwegian: [mɑrɪˈɑ̂nːə ˈîːln̩]; 18 May 1935 – 28 July 2016) 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.
Jun 27, 2019 · Marianne Ihlen met the songwriter while on the Greek island of Hydra. By Jim Farber. Published on June 27, 2019 12:00PM EDT. Photo: Courtesy of Roadside Attractions. More than 50 years ago ...
Aug 12, 2016 · A grainy black-and-white photo showed a blond woman at a desk in the corner of a sparsely furnished bedroom; wrapped demurely (but not quite completely) in a towel, she is turning her...
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Dec 21, 2022 · Marianne Ihlen was Leonard Cohen's muse and inspired songs like Bird on a Wire and So Long, Marianne. She appears on the back cover of his second album, Songs from a Room. (CBC/The Telegraph)
Marianne was 22 years old, and in love with the author and bohemian Axel Jensen (well-known Norwegian author). MARIANNE: He was going travelling. He was off to a country he had never been to. He had travelled around the whole world before he met me. He managed to pull me up by my roots.
Aug 4, 2016 · Leonard Cohen’s muse Marianne Ihlen dies at age 81. Ihlen and Cohen met on the Greek island of Hydra in the 1960s when they were in their early 20s. The song “So Long, Marianne” was on his...
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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.
