Douglas Martin, "Ira Cohen, poet, filmmaker, cultural icon", Boston Globe obituary. Unfavorably acquired, he traveled to Amsterdam, again in the company of Simon Vinkenoog, Louise Landes Levi - poet, musician & translator with whom he would later collaborate on many projects - and Gerard Bellaart (Cold Turkey Press - Rotterdam, publisher of Burroughs, Bailes, Pound et al.), who became Ira's first writer within the West & a lifelong pal, as was Levi. Ira Cohen (February 3, 1935 ...