BRUNO SCHULZ – ZENON WAŚNIEWSKI. BIOGRAFIE RÓWNOLEGŁE
Bruno Schulz and Zenon Waśniewski: Parallel Biographies

Summary/Abstract: The article aims to demonstrate the accidental yet parallel development of two independent biographies. Between 1910 and 1913, Schulz and Waśniewski studied together at the Department of Civil Engineering at the Imperial and Royal Polytechnic School in Lviv. Their paths diverged thereafter and did not cross again until 1934, the year of the acclaimed premiere of 'Sklepy cynamonowe' ('Cinnamon Shops'). Through their correspondence, their relationship took on a new life: they discovered affinities that connected them as well as a shared artistic kinship. The author examines the artists’ mutual fascination with each other’s work, their exchange of artistic and technical experience, their meeting in Zakopane, and their reflections on the hardships of teaching and the monotony of everyday life. The article brings together facts, analyses, and interpretations based on surviving correspondence and biographical materials.

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