Drohobych. Bruno Schulz writes a letter to Stefan Szuman, in which he thanks him for the volume of his poetry.
Schulz expresses the joy of receiving the volume of poems, and promises to write a piece of commentary after reading the entire collection (it is not known whether only to Szuman’s* attention or for publication). He compares his current reading experience with his first reading in July 1932*. Compared to the comments in the letter of 24 July 1932*, which focuses on individual poems, Schulz is now making a synthetic reflection. “This seems to me an important feature of this poetry, that it is, in the noblest sense of the word, occasional poetry, a diary of inner adventures, a diary of metaphysical moments, that every poem is formed not on the basis of some method, some formal attitude, some kind of permanent attitude, but every one of them is unforeseen, without prerequisites, or rather arises on its own momentary premises, crystallizes the whole at the moment, develops from its dialectics, grows from its resources”.
At the end of the letter Schulz explains himself not writing to Szuman for a long time, justifying the desire to send the letter already along with a copy of the The Cinnamon Shops. He complains about the publishing house “Rój”, which has been delaying the completion of the publication process since August. (mr) (transl. mw)
See also: before 22 October 1933*, 24 November 1933*.
