Robert Zend
Robert Zend (1929 - 1985) was a Hungarian-Canadian poet, fiction writer and a multimedia artist. 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. 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. References External links Robert Zend, dedications, works, links 1929 births 1985 deaths Canadian multimedia artists Artists from Budapest Artists from Toronto Writers from Budapest Writers from Toronto Canadian male short story writers Hungarian emigrants to Canada Canadian radio producers University of Toronto alumni Canadian male poets Hungarian male poets 20th-century Hungarian poets 20th-century Canadian poets 20th-century Canadian male writers 20th-century Canadian short story writers