“So Long, Marianne” will follow a young Leonard Cohen during his years-long relationship with Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen, which spanned from the early 1960s through the ’70s. Named after ...

So Long, Marianne, Karlsen says, is about a Cohen we don’t know – “About Leonard before he became Leonard Cohen. I mean, his first two books sold, like, 300 copies, including the ones he ...

In 1966 a Canadian fellow uni student of mine gave me a copy of a poetic, mysterious and sexy novel called Beautiful Losers by one Leonard Cohen. I was so entranced that next year I bought the ...

Marianne Ihlen. But in general, Cohen items rarely pop up on the memorabilia circuit. That makes next month's sale - "Leonard Cohen: The Collections of Aviva Layton, Anjani Thomas & More," set for ...

(JTA) — Leonard Cohen, the Canadian singer-songwriter whose ... In August he wrote an emotional letter to his former girlfriend and muse Marianne Ihlen, who died in late July, suggesting he ...

Leonard becomes consumed by writing his new book and neglects his health. As Marianne prepares to bid farewell to Charmian and George, she discovers Leonard in a state.

Tracey Power’s latest project, The Chelsea Hotel, might be subtitled “A Fantasia on the Love Themes of Leonard Cohen ... In the story she has invented, Marianne of “So Long, Marianne ...