Tibor Florian

Background

Tibor Florian was born on April 12, 1908, in Romania.

Education

Florian was educated at the University of Kolozsvar in Romania, receiving his law degree there in 1934.

Career

Tibor served as Literary Editor for Hungaria in Munich, Germany, from 1947 to 1949. He came to the United States in 1949, becoming a naturalized citizen in 1956. He worked as an announcer for Radio Free Europe, centered in New York City, from 1950 to 1960, and an editor for the same organization from 1961 to 1974. He also was President of Kossuth Publishing Company in Cleveland and New York from 1954 to 1960.

Tibor became a full-time lecturer and freelance writer in 1974. His first book of poetry was Above Clouds, Below Clouds (1935). Florian wrote or edited nine other volumes, including his final work Hungarian Transylvania: A Visual Documentary (1982). He also contributed numerous essays to newspapers, magazines, and journals.

Achievements

• Tibor Florian was a well-known poet and writer of his time. His best known work is Hungarian Transylvania: A Visual Documentary, which was published in 1982.

Works

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  • Hungarian Transylvania: A Visual Documentary

    (After World War I, the Eastern Part of Hungary, including...)

    1982
  • The Schliemann Variation of the Ruy Lopez 1970
  • Defence and Counter-Attack 1984

References

• Contemporary Authors A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Non-Fiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields
  2008