Bruno Schulz
Writing
- Born
- July 12, 1892 · Drohobycz, Polska [obecnie Ukraina]
- Died
- November 19, 1942 (age 50)
Bruno Schulz (12 July 1892 – 19 November 1942) was a Polish-Jewish writer, literary critic, visual artist, and art teacher.
He is regarded as one of the great 20th-century Polish-language prose stylists. In 1938 he was awarded the prestigious Golden Laurel award of the Polish Academy of Literature.
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Several of Schulz's works were lost in the Holocaust, including short stories from the early 1940s and his final, unfinished novel, The Messiah.
In 1942 he was shot dead by a Gestapo officer while carrying a loaf of bread to his home in the Drohobycz Ghetto.
Known for
Behind the camera5
- 2025Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass Novel
- 1986Street of Crocodiles Short Story
- 1973The Hourglass Sanatorium Novel
- 1924Husbands or Lovers Music
- 1921Die Geierwally Original Music Composer
Acting1
- 1966Sky Without Sun as bohater