Tibor Zalán was born on August 27, 1954 in Szolnok, Hungary as Tibor Lipák. He is a writer, known for Kortárs gyerekversek és dalok (2017), A kétségbeesés méltósága (1998) and Poétikus hangulatban (1991). He is married to Szentpétery Csilla. They have two children.