In this posthumous work, Robert Zend bends and often breaks every rule of layout and poetic convention. His text takes us into a time warp across two continents as his obsessive love for Nicolette, the unconquered muse, defies fate and gives birth to Nicolette, the book.. Zend was a prolific writer in both English and Hungarian. His collections of poetry have received the attention of both Jorge Luis Borges and Northrop Frye.

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 Péter 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.

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