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Isidore Dillon, Litterateur, Poet, J.t.a. Staff Member, Dead at 72

Isidore Dillon, active for many years in Yiddish literary and poetry circles, and a member of the staff of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, died here last night at the age of 72. Born in Lithuania, Mr. Dillon, a brother of the late well-known Yiddish poet, Avraham Moshe Dillon, came to this country in 1904. He […]

September 21, 1961
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Isidore Dillon, active for many years in Yiddish literary and poetry circles, and a member of the staff of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, died here last night at the age of 72.

Born in Lithuania, Mr. Dillon, a brother of the late well-known Yiddish poet, Avraham Moshe Dillon, came to this country in 1904. He edited several volumes of Yiddish poetry, and had a number of his own poems published in leading periodicals.

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