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Jan Yoors

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born

April 12, 1922 in Antwerp, Belgium

died

November 27, 1977

gender

male

genre

Biographies & Memoirs, Arts & Photography

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Jan Yoors was born to a cultured, liberal family of artists, but at the age of twelve he ran off with a Gypsy tribe and lived with the kumpania on and off for the next ten years. During World War II, Yoors worked with the Allies to help the Gypsies who were being systematically exterminated. He was captured twice and imprisoned until the end of the war.

In 1950 Yoors settled in New York City, where he set up a studio and constructed a 15-foot vertical loom. His wife Marianne and her sister Annebert joined him in 1951; they were to collaborate with Yoors in the weaving of all his work. His work brought him international acclaim.

In the 1960s Yoors deepened his interest in photography. He returned to Europe to reestablish contact with those Gy...more

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Books by Jan Yoors

Average rating: 4.26 · 153 ratings · 28 reviews · 6 distinct works

	Gypsies 4.27 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 1967 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Heroic Present: LIFE AMONG THE GYPSIES by Jan Yoors, Ian Hancock (Introduction) 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	Crossing 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1971 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Tsiganes by Jan Yoors, Jacques Meunier (Préface), Antoine Gentien (Traduction) 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	La croisée des chemins 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1992 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Gypsies Of Spain 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating: