From the I-House Archives: Leonard Cohen’s Application for Residency - International House - International Student Housing in NYC
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“We met when we were almost young.”

Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Norman Cohen (1932-2016) was a resident at I-House in 1954, 1956, and 1957. As written on his application, Cohen “participate[d] in the general intellectual life of the student community [and] perform with [his] guitar on several occasions.” His 14th studio album, “Thanks for the Dance,” compiled by his son Adam following his death in 2016, became available today, Friday, November 22nd, 2019. Read more here.

(Photo by Valentin Flauraud/Reuters for NYT)

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