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Full Name: Jan Yoors
Biography:
(1922-1977) Writer. Jan Yoors was born in Antwerp, Belgium, and died in New York City.
Author's Timeline:
1922 (Unknown) County
Jan Yoors was born in Antwerp, Belgium on April 12, 1922. 
1977 (Unknown) County
Jan Yoors died in New York City on November 27, 1977. 
1977 Suffolk County
Jan Yoors was interred at Green River Cemetery in East Hampton, New York. 
1967 (Unknown) County
The Gypsies
(Pub: New York, New York: Simon & Schuster ISBN: )
Memoir. 
1971 (Unknown) County
Crossing: A Journal of Survival and Resistance in World War II
(Pub: New York, New York: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 0671209884 / 978-0671209889)
Nonfiction. 
1950 New York County
Jan Yoors settled in New York City in 1950. He was joined by his wife in 1951 and they lived at 96 Fifth Avenue. 
2004 (Unknown) County
The Heroic Present: Life among the Gypsies
(Pub: The Monacelli Press ISBN: 1580931375 / 978-1580931373)
Nonfiction. 
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