Robert Zend’s “Typescapes”: Concrete poetry from a Renaissance man of...
detail from Robert Zend’s typescape Peapoteacock A few months ago, I wrote a brief essay about Daymares, Robert Zend’s collection of stories, poems, and concrete poetry, one of his few books...
View ArticleRobert Zend – Part 2. Dissolving Labels and Boundaries
Part 2. Dissolving Labels and Boundaries Being a poet does not depend on the geographical location of the poet’s body, or on the political system under which the publisher functions, but on the...
View ArticleRobert Zend – Part 3. Hungary: Childhood and Early Adulthood
Part 3. Hungary: Childhood and Early Adulthood Little has been publicly known about Robert Zend’s early years in Hungary, prior to the 1956 Uprising and his subsequent immigration to Canada....
View ArticleRobert Zend – Part 4. Canada: “Freedom, Everybody’s Homeland”
Part 4. Canada: “Freedom, Everybody’s Homeland” Robert Zend and his wife, Ibi, and eight-month-old baby, Aniko, escaped Hungary in mid-November 1956 when the Soviets crushed the Hungarian...
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