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(1922-1977) Writer. Jan Yoors was born in Antwerp, Belgium, and died in New York City.

Full Name

Jan Yoors

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1922

BIRTH

Jan Yoors was born in Antwerp, Belgium on April 12, 1922.

1950

RESIDENCE

Jan Yoors settled in New York City in 1950. He was joined by his wife in 1951 and they lived at 96 Fifth Avenue.

1967

LITWORK

The Gypsies
New York, New York: Simon & Schuster

Memoir.

1971

LITWORK

Crossing: A Journal of Survival and Resistance in World War II
New York, New York: Simon & Schuster
0671209884 / 978-0671209889
Nonfiction.

1977

DEATH

Jan Yoors died in New York City on November 27, 1977.

1977

INTERMENT

Jan Yoors was interred at Green River Cemetery in East Hampton, New York.

2004

LITWORK

The Heroic Present: Life among the Gypsies
The Monacelli Press
1580931375 / 978-1580931373
Nonfiction.

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