Daymares: Selected Fictions on Dreams and Time - Softcover

Zend, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0921870124 ISBN 13: 9780921870128

Publisher: Ronsdale Press, 1990

Synopsis

A posthumous collection of the unpublished writings of Robert Zend, selected by Janine Zend. Some of the short stories were written in the 1960s, others in the 1970s and 1980s. "Zend was a notably free spirit who was among us for a while and, who, now that he has gone, is irreplaceable. All we can do is read and admire what he has left us. " - Northrop Frye.

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About the Author

Robert Zend (1929 - 1985), poet, author, documentary producer and inveteate doodler, emigrated to Canada in 1956 following the Soviet invasion of Hungary. He received his undergraduate degree from the PZter Pá: zmány University in Budapest in 1953 and an MA in Italian Literature from the University of Toronto in 1969. He was a prolific poet in both English and Hungarian and his work appeared in numerous journals and literary magazines. Zend's visual art was exhibited in Budapest (1968), Florence, Italy (1984) and Toronto (1986).Starting as a shipper with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in 1958, Zend worked through the ranks as a film librarian and film editor, eventually becoming a radio producer. As a member of the CBC "Ideas" program team, he researched, wrote, directed and produced over one hundred radio programs featuring such notables as Nothrop Frye, Glenn Gould, and the Dalai Lama.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ronsdale Press
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0921870124
• ISBN 13: 9780921870128
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200