Robert Zend
Hungarian-Canadian poet, writer, and artist
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Robert Zend (1929 – 1985) was a Hungarian-Canadian poet,[1] fiction writer and a multimedia artist.[2][3]
Robert Zend | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1929 |
| Died | 27 June 1985 (aged 55–56) |
| Education | University of Toronto |
| Writing career | |
| Genres | 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.
