(A) Poznań–Warsaw. Bruno Schulz ends his stay in Poznań and goes probably to Warsaw. He receives a letter from Gombrowicz.
(B) Warsaw. A weekly magazine Prosto z Mostu publishes Bruno Schulz’s aphorism.
(A) Despite previous announcements of a quick leave, on Thursday 6 January, Schulz leaves Poznań only on Sunday. Most probably he does not return to Drogobych, but goes directly to Warsaw, where on 11 January he delivers a talk on Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz.
It is the case perhaps that he stops with Romana Halpern, because to her address — 6 Focha St., flat 46 Gombrowicz sends from Zakopane 9 January 1938 a postcard to Schulz. The correspondence concerns mostly the aforementioned talk on Ferdydurke. Gombrowicz mentions something about meeting Egga van Haardt in Zakopane (“she arrived, I really like that blonde, she is my type, but she is already gone”) and promises to write a longer letter when Schulz stops somewhere “for longer […] at last”. (ts) (transl. ms)
See also: 5 January 1938*.
(B) A short letter by Schulz sent to a booklet, Pisarze o książce. Zdania i uwagi współczesnych pisarzów polskich, published in October 1937 as part of the exhibition Życie literackie, later reprinted in Prosto z Mostu. The text is considered part of a “Commercial aphorism” (one that does not appear in the booklet edition), which is a direct reference to Schulz’s concept that “a book is a fantastic transaction for a reader, a perfect deal”. Schulz’s aphorism is chosen as the most interesting from among over fifty aphorisms published in the booklet. (ts) (transl. ms)
See also: 24 September 1937*.
