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(1928-2019) Author. Izzy Young was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Stockholm, Sweden. He was the proprietor of the Folklore Center, a shop in Greenwich Village.

Full Name

Izzy Young

Locations

Bronx

Author's Timeline

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RESIDENCE

As a child, Mr. Young lived in the Bronx, New York.

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OTHER

Mr. Young attended the Bronx High School of Science.

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OTHER

Mr. Young attended Brooklyn College, but did not graduate.

1928

BIRTH

Israel Goodman Young was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York, on March 26, 1928.

1950

OTHER

During the 1950s Mr. Young worked at Borough Park Shomer Shabbos, a bakery his father established in Brooklyn, New York.

1957

OTHER

Mr. Young opened the Folklore Center in 1957.

2013

LITWORK

The Conscience of the Folk Revival: The Writings of Israel 'Izzy' Young
Scarecrow Press
0810883082 / 978-0810883086
Mr. Young wrote a regular column in Sing Out!. These columns and other of his writings were collected in this book edited by Scott Barretta. Sing Out! was a quarterly journal of folk songs and music.

2019

DEATH

Izzy Young died at his home in Stockholm, Sweden, on February 4, 2019.

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