Robert Zend
Robert Zend (1929 - 1985) was a Hungarian-Canadian poet,[1] fiction writer and a multimedia artist.[2][3]
Robert Zend | |
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| Born | 1929 Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary |
| Died | 27 June, 1985 (aged 55–56) Toronto, Canada |
| Nationality | Hungarian-Canadian |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
| Genre | Poetry Short story |
Born in Budapest, Zend fled to Canada after the failed Hungarian Uprising of 1956.[3] He took a master's degree in Italian literature from the University of Toronto in 1969, and worked as a producer of Ideas documentaries for CBC Radio.[3]
His poetry collections included From Zero to One (1973), Beyond Labels (1982) and Arbormundi (1982); Oāb, was published in two separate volumes in 1983 and 1985.[3] A short story collection, Daymares: Selected Fictions on Dreams and Time, was published posthumously in 1991.[3]
Zend was part of a trilogy of Toronto poets who published with HMS Press et al. The Three Roberts with Robert Sward and Robert Priest in 1984.
References
- "Robert Zend, a poet without borders". Archived from the original on 2019-04-06. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
- "Robert Zend translated into Esperanto". Archived from the original on 2019-04-06. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
- Robert Zend Archived 2019-04-06 at the Wayback Machine at The Canadian Encyclopedia.