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(1940-2022) Author, lyricist. Lenny Lipton was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California. He wrote the poem on which the song, “Puff the Magic Dragon,” was based.

Full Name

Lenny Lipton

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Author's Timeline

1940

BIRTH

Lenny Lipton was born Leonard Lipschitz in Brooklyn, New York, on May 18, 1940.

1960

OTHER

Mr. Lipton worked at Time magazine in New York and at Popular Photography in the 1960s

1962

OTHER

Mr. Lipton graduated from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in 1962.

1972

LITWORK

Independent Filmmaking
Straight Arrow Books (January 1, 1972)
0879320109 / 978-0879320102
Nonfiction.

1975

LITWORK

The Super 8 Book
Simon & Schuster (January 1, 1975)
0000220825 / 978-0000220820
Nonfiction.

1979

LITWORK

Lipton on Filmmaking
Simon & Schuster; (September 10, 1979)
0671244272 / 978-0671244279
Nonfiction.

1982

LITWORK

Foundations of the Stereoscopic Cinema: A Study in Depth
Van Nostrand Reinhold; 1St Edition (January 1, 1982)
0442247249 / 978-0442247249
Nonfiction.

1991

LITWORK

The CrystalEyes Handbook
StereoGraphics Corp (January 1, 1991)
0962956600 / 978-0962956607
Nonfiction.

2007

LITWORK

Puff, The Magic Dragon
Union Square Kids; First Edition (August 1, 2007)
1402747829 / 978-1402747823
Children's book by Peter Yarrow, Lenny Lipton, and Eric Puybaret.

2021

LITWORK

Cinema in Flux: The Evolution of Motion Picture Technology from the Magic Lantern to the Digital Era
Springer; 1st ed. 2021 edition (April 8, 2021)
1071609505 / 978-1071609507
Nonfiction.

2022

DEATH

Lenny Lipton lived in Los Angeles, California, and died in a hospital there on October 5, 2022.

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