Robert Zend
Robert Zend (1929 – 1985) was a Hungarian-Canadian poet, fiction writer and a multimedia artist. Robert Zend was born in Budapest, Zend fled to Canada after the failed Hungarian Uprising of 1956. 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.
Robert Zend
- Name
- Robert Zend
- Birthplace
- Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
- Died
- 27 June 1985
- Place of death
- Toronto, Canada
- Education
- University of Toronto
- Born
- 1929 · Budapest.
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- poet · artist · writer
- Fields
- poetry · multi-media art
- Languages
- English · Hungarian
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Robert Zend (1929 – 1985) was a Hungarian-Canadian poet, fiction writer and a multimedia artist. Robert Zend was born in Budapest, Zend fled to Canada after the failed Hungarian Uprising of 1956. 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.
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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. A short story collection, Daymares: Selected Fictions on Dreams and Time, was published posthumously in 1991. 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.
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• Name — Robert Zend • Birthplace — Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary • Died — 27 June 1985 • Place of death — Toronto, Canada • Education — University of Toronto • Genre — Poetry Short story
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Robert Zend born at Budapest.
1985
Robert Zend died at Toronto.
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