Flórián, Tibor

Biographical Note

12 April 1908 Born, Selmecbánya, Austro-Hungary (present-day Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia) 1927 Graduated, Roman Catholic Lyceum, Cluj (in Hungarian: Kolozsvár), Romania 1934 Graduated, University of Cluj, law degree 1934 1945 Active member of Hungarian literary circles in Cluj; resided and worked for the most of this time probably in Gherla (in Hungarian: Szamosújvár), Romania 1935 Author, Felhők fölött, felhők alatt, a book of poetry 1936 Author, Vázlatok, a book of poetry 1945 Emigrated to Germany 1945 1949 Resided in the town of Cham 1945 1954 Married to Éva Felföldy 1945 1949 Literary Editor of the émigré weekly Hungaria; at some point an employee of the American Red Cross; a member of émigré organizations and a contributor to émigré periodicals, from this time on and throughout his life 1946 Author, Kőtáblák öszetörtek, a book of poetry 1948 Author, Mélység fölött, a book of poetry 1949 Emigrated to the United States 1949 1986 Resided in New Jersey and Connecticut 1950 1974 Announcer and later Editor, Radio Free Europe, New York City, N.Y. 1954 1974? Board Member of Kossuth Publishing Co. (Kossuth Kiadó), New York City and Cleveland, Ohio 1955 Married Sophie Weress 1955 1986? Board Member, mostly Treasurer, of American Branch of International P.E.N.: Writers in Exile, New York City 1960? 1986 Member and Board Member of Arpad Academy (Árpád Akadémia), Cleveland 1966? 1986? Member and Board Member of American Transylvanian Federation (Amerikai Erdélyi Szövetség), New York City 1975 Author, Keserű gyökéren, a book of poetry 2 March 1986 Died, Punta Gorda, Florida

From the guide to the Tibor Flórián papers, 1926-1996, (Hoover Institution Archives)

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