Van wie was Marianne Ihlen?

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. She was the subject of Cohen's 1967 song "So Long, Marianne".

Leonard Cohen (Westmount, Montréal, 21 september 1934 – Los Angeles, Californië, 7 november 2016) was een Canadese folksinger-songwriter, dichter en schrijver. Hij had hits met onder andere Suzanne, Hallelujah en So Long, Marianne.