2 March 1934, Friday

Warsaw. Zofia Nałkowska describes in her Diaries the terms of cooperation between Bruno Schulz and the Publishing House “Rój”.

In an entry of 2 March 1934 Zofia Nałkowska* mentions a visit she paid to Melchior Wańkowicz. Commenting on the splendour and elitist pretentiousness of the house of Wańkowicz, the co-owner of the Publishing House „Rój”*, she juxtaposes it with the unfavourable terms of the contracts offered by the publishing house to debuting writers, including Schulz himself. “This owner of a publishing house called ‘Rój’, in which Schulz and Rudnicki had to pay for their books and waive all claims for possible income (which I ultimately won for them in the Ministry) – is full of aristocratic aspirations, has ministers, magnates and some literati among his guests. The interior of his ordinary modern villa is full of sybaritic delights. Exquisite buffet, wines, cognacs, luxurious fruits, fresh plums”1. (mr) (transl. mw)

See also: The Cinnamon Shops*, 16 April 1933*, December 1933*, 15 February 1934*.

  • 1
    Zofia Nałkowska, Dzienniki IV: 1930–1939. Część 1 (1930–1934), opracowanie, wstęp i komentarz Hanna Kirchner, Warszawa 1988, p. 416.