Born in Budapest, Hungary, Geza Tatrallyay escaped with his family in 1956 during the Hungarian Revolution, immigrating to Canada the same year. He grew up in Toronto, attending the University of Toronto Schools, where he was School Captain. He graduated from Harvard University with a BA in Human Ecology in 1972 (after taking a break in his studies to work as a host in the Ontario Pavilion at Expo70 in Osaka, Japan). Geza was selected as a Rhodes Scholar from Ontario, attending Oxford University and graduating with a BA/MA in Human Sciences in 1974; he completed his studies with a MSc in Economics from London School of Economics and Politics in 1975. Geza represented Canada as an epée fencer in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal.

Geza’s professional experience has included stints in government, international organizations, finance and environmental entrepreneurship. Since 2004, he has been semi-retired, managing a few investments mainly in the clean energy sector and devoting himself to his family and his writing. Geza is a citizen of Canada and Hungary, a green card holder with an American wife, a daughter living in San Francisco and a son in Nairobi, and currently divides his time between Barnard, Vermont and San Francisco.

Geza’s poetry and articles have been published in many journals in Canada and the US, and he has had twelve books published, including five novels, three memoirs, three collections of poetry and a children’s picture storybook. He has several books as well in the pipeline or as work in progress.

Geza’s Books

Arctic Meltdown, a political / environmental thriller, e-published on Amazon and www.smashwords.com, December, 2011

Twisted Reasons, an international crime thriller, published by Deux Voiliers Publishing, November 2014

Cello’s Tears, a collection of poems, published on May 14, 2015 by P.R.A. Publishing

For the Children, the narrative memoir of the author’s escape from Hungary and immigration to Canada, published on May 28, 2015 by Editions Dedicaces

The Expo Affair, the memoir of three Czechoslovak girls who approached the author during Expo70, the world’s fair in Osaka, Japan to help them defect to Canada, published in April, 2016 by Guernica Editions

Twisted Traffick, the second book in the ‘Twisted’ trilogy of international crime thrillers focusing on human trafficking, published in October 2017 by Black Opal Books

Sighs and Murmurs, a collection of poems, published in April 2018 by P.R.A. Publishing

Twisted Fates, the third book in the ‘Twisted’ trilogy if international crime thrillers to be published by Black Opal Books in June 2018

The Waffle and the Pancake, a children’s picture story book, published by Bayeux Arts in September 2018

The Rainbow Vintner, an international political thriller about the rise of jihadist terrorism and the extreme far right in France, published by Black Opal Books in February 2019

The Fencers, a memoir about a Romanian-Hungarian fencer the author helped defect to Canada at the Montreal 1976 Olympic Games, where he was representing Canada in epée fencing, published by Deux Voiliers Publishing in March 2019

Extinction, a collection of more recent poems, published by P.R.A. Publishing in April 2019

Geza’s Other Publications

Sophie, My Dear (short story translation from Hungarian), in Saturday Night, October, 1977

A Wanderer's Evensong (after Goethe), Quarry, Summer, 1983, Volume 32/3

Dawn Dreams, American Poetry Anthology, Spring/Summer, 1983, Vol. II, No. 1-2

Echoes, Pierian Spring, Autumn, 1983

Autumnal Question, Quarry, Winter, 1984, Volume 33/1

Let's Give Business An Incentive It Understands (with A.J. Cassils), Globe & Mail, October 21, 1988

Portfolio Pollution, The Greenhouse Gas Risk Factor, (with P. Bodnar), The RMA Journal, June, 2003

Café Scene, SunStruck Magazine, April, 2016

Ember Eyes, PoemTown Randolph Anthology, April 2017

Mo(u)rning, PoemTown Randolph Anthology, April 2017

For a Squashed Land Crab, PoemTown Randolph Anthology, April 2017

Haiku: Milky Way, published in October, 2017 issue of Byword

The Trout, published in December 2017 issue of Polar Expressions

Saturn, published in the PoemTown Randolph April 2018 Anthology.

The Witching Hour, published in the 37.2 Spring/Summer 2018 issue of Existere Journal.

The world is a dangerous place … was published in the August 2018 issue of Grey Borders Magazine.

Haiku: Raqqa was published in the August 2018 issue of Grey Borders Magazine.

There is no second chance … was published in the August 2018 issue of Grey Borders Magazine.

Extinction was published in the August 2018 issue of Grey Borders Magazine.

Drowning was published in the August 2018 issue of Grey Borders Magazine.

The Dragonfly was published in the August 2018 issue of Grey Borders Magazine.

Haiku: statement of godlessness was published in the August 2018 issue of Grey Borders Magazine.

Haiku: pis was published in the August 2018 issue of Grey Borders Magazine.

Unhinged leaders was published in the August 2018 issue of Grey Borders Magazine.