Warsaw. The weekly Polityka presents an interview by Krystyna Nastulanka with Jerzy Ficowski entitled „Światy kolorowe”.
The starting point of the conversation about Schulz is Ficowski’s reflection on his reluctance to theorise about literature. The uniqueness of Schulz’s fiction leads him to make an exception and break the unwritten principle of avoiding theoretical inquiries.
In his interview, Ficowski briefly mentions the beginnings of his fascination* with Schulz, compares his literary and artistic work, and finally briefly presents the course of his research. He claims to be rather doubtful of the possibility of making further discoveries. Later in the interview Ficowski talks about his fruitless search in the archive of Thomas Mann*, and also answers questions about the significance of the neologism “mythologics” and about the mathematical nature of Schulz’s fiction.
Bruno Schulz is one of the many topics of this conversation. There are also Roma themes and the issue of the bibliophile edition of Ficowski’s poem “List do Marca Chagalla” with illustrations by Chagall*. (mr) (transl. mw)
See also: 1942 or 1943*, June 1967*, 16 February 1992*.
