Bruno Schulz

Bruno Schulz was a Polish Jewish writer and artist whose visionary, surrealist prose—most notably The Street of Crocodiles and Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass—explored the boundaries of reality and memory in the provincial setting of Drohobycz. His literary career was tragically cut short when he was murdered during the Holocaust, leading to a long and complex process of recovering and preserving his surviving manuscripts and drawings, which were scattered across Europe after the war.

The 2008 edition published by Kolo reflects the ongoing academic and cultural effort to keep Schulz's legacy accessible, particularly within the region he inhabited. These publications often serve as critical repositories that honor his unique aesthetic—a blend of grotesque imagery, intense psychological interiority, and mythical reimagining of everyday life—which has influenced generations of European surrealists and modernist writers since his rediscovery in the decades following his death.