Robert 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 5. Hungarian Literary Roots: The Budapest Joke and Other...
Part 5. Hungarian Literary Roots: The Budapest Joke and Other Influences If we look at Zend’s oeuvre only in a Canadian context, we miss out on the rich cultural heritage in Hungary that...
View ArticleRobert Zend – Part 6. Canadian Literary Cross-Pollination: Marshall McLuhan
Part 6. Canadian Literary Cross-Pollination: Marshall McLuhan (1911—1980) Introduction: Multiculturalism before Multiculturalism In the last installment, “Hungarian Literary Roots,” I traced...
View ArticleRobert Zend – Part 7. Canadian Literary Cross-Pollination: bpNichol
Part 7. Canadian Literary Cross-Pollination: bpNichol, The Four Horsemen, and Jiri Ladocha In the last installment, I began my exploration of Robert Zend’s affinities with Canadian cultural...
View ArticleRobert Zend – Part 8. Canadian Literary Cross-Pollination: The Three Roberts,...
Part 8. Canadian Literary Cross-Pollination: The Three Roberts, Norman McLaren, and Glenn Gould Robert Zend the Nomad...
View ArticleRobert Zend – Part 9. International Affinities: Argentina (Borges)
Part 9. International Affinities: Argentina (Borges) Introduction: Belonging Nowhere but Humanity In the previous sections, I traced some of Robert Zend’s Hungarian literary roots as well as...
View ArticleRobert Zend – Part 10. International Affinities: France (Marcel Marceau)
Part 10. International Affinities: France (Marcel Marceau) L’Art du Silence and the Language of Empathy In 1955, French mime artist Marcel Marceau made his historic North American debut,...
View ArticleRobert Zend – Part 11. International Affinities: Italy (Leopardi and Pirandello)
Part 11. International Affinities: Italy (Leopardi and Pirandello) Melancholy and Masks Zend’s father laid the foundation for his son’s cosmopolitan outlook by traveling with the boy in...
View ArticleRobert Zend – Part 12. International Affinities: Belgium (Magritte) and Japan
Part 12. International Affinities: Belgium (Magritte) and Japan Robert Zend’s international openness was remarkable, especially during a time when a broad tendency in Canadian culture was to...
View ArticleRobert Zend – Part 13. Gaskets, Thumbtacks, Toilet Paper Rolls . . . and Doodles
Part 13. Gaskets, Thumbtacks, Toilet Paper Rolls . . . and Doodles Robert Zend dissolved boundaries, or perhaps more accurately, ignored them. The preceding eight installments demonstrated...
View ArticleRobert Zend – Afterword: Citizen of the Macrocosm
Afterword: Citizen of the Macrocosm Robert Zend admired Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy for his unwillingness “to accept any label, either for himself or for others”: He didn’t identify...
View ArticleVisual poetry exhibit opens April 1
Vispo Exhibit in Cobourg, Ontario: TEXTual ARTivity Location: The Human Bean Coffee Shop Duration: April 2014 Opening reception: April 1, 7:30 pm, with special guest Bill Bissett I continue...
View ArticleThe Robert Zend Website
I’m excited to announce (with the help of colourized Zend doodles) that Natalie Zend has created The Robert Zend Website. It’s a beautiful tribute to her father and a useful resource for...
View Article“My Most Beautiful Poems”: a tribute to Robert Zend at Cobourg’s TEXTual...
The April 1 opening of TEXTual ARTivity, a visual poetry exhibition at The Human Bean coffee shop in Cobourg, Ontario, featured readings by poets in attendance. Wally Keeler, one of the...
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