Zoltán Böszörményi (1953-), a Hungarian poet and novelist, was born in Arad, educated in the Transylvanian-Hungarian area of Romania, but as a young poet he moved to Canada, where he graduated from York University. After the fall of communism, he went back to Hungary to resume his literary career.

He has published three novels in English translation by Paul Sohar: Far from Nothing (Exile Editions, Canada, 2006), The Club at Eddie’s Bar (Phaeton Press, Ireland, 2013) and The Refugee (Synerebooks, 2019).  These novels have also come out in Romanian, Russian, Polish, and German translations. His poetry in English translation can be found in a recent volume: The Conscience of Trees (Ragged Sky Press, Princeton, 2019).