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Bruno SchulzPolish writer and artist
Date of Birth: 12.07.1892
Country:  Poland |
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Biography of Bruno Schulz
Bruno Schulz was a Polish writer and artist. He was born on July 12, 1892 in the city of Drohobych, which was then part of Austria-Hungary and is now in Western Ukraine. In 1914-1915, he studied painting in Vienna. Schulz is best known for his collections of novellas, "Cinnamon Shops" and "Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass," which are considered masterpieces of European literature in the 20th century.
Literary and Artistic Work
Schulz's texts, which transform the everyday life of a small provincial town into a fantastic parable about the destinies of the world, have been adapted for the theater ("The Dead Class" by Tadeusz Kantor), made into films ("Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass" by Wojciech Has), and served as the basis for animated films ("Street of Crocodiles" by Stephen and Timothy Quay, 1996). His works have also inspired musical compositions, such as the opera "Street of Crocodiles" by Gavin Bryars.
Tragic End
On June 30, 1941, German forces occupied Drohobych. Schulz was shot by a Gestapo officer on the streets of the Drohobych ghetto on November 19, 1942. Unfortunately, many of his literary works and nearly all of his paintings were lost.
Legacy
Several works have been written about Schulz and his supposed found book "Messiah," including the novel "The Messiah of Stockholm" by Cynthia Ozick (1987), the novel "Bruno" by David Grossman (1986), the chronicle story "The Miracle Worker" by Boris Khazanov (1990), and the novel "A Man Named Schulz, It Seems" by Ugo Riccarelli (1998). Schulz's influence on his own prose has been recognized and appreciated by authors such as Bohumil Hrabal, Danilo Kiš, Philip Roth, and Isaac Bashevis Singer. In the United States, the Bruno Schulz Award for the best foreign author of the year was established, and one of its laureates was Danilo Kiš. Schulz's books were translated into Russian in 1993 by Assar Appel.
Bibliography
- "Cinnamon Shops" (1934, translated into Russian in 1993)- "Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass" (1937, translated into Russian in 1993)
