Béky-Halász, Iván (Budapest, 12 August 1919 - Budapest, 8 March 1997) – Poet, literary translator. He received his university education in Budapest, then, after the crushed Revolution and Freedom Fightg of 1956, moved to Canada. He obtained a Degree in Library Science at the University of Toronto, and worked in the John P. Robarts Research University Library. In the library he collected in a section some 30,000 volumes of Hungarian literature and history. He published several collections of poems, including Facing the Wall (Arccal a falnak) (1972); Blessed Harbors (Áldott kikötők) (1979); Indian Summer (Indian nyár) (1981), and translated several works of Hungarian poets into English including Sándor (Alexnder) Csoóri, János (John) Pilinszky, László (Ladislas) Kálnoki and György (George) Rónay. He later repatriated to Budapest, Hungary. – B: 0892, 1257, T: 4342.→Csoóri, Sándor; Pilinszky, János; Kálnoki, László; Rónay, György.