Schulz’s Festival in Drohobych: beginnings and prospects
International Bruno
Schulz’s Festival – it is an idea and realization made by Polish Educative and
Informative Centre. This is a non-profit institution which has cooperated with
Ivan Franko’s University in Drohobycz since 2002. The project mostly center on
its initiatives and actions linked with famous writer Bruno Schulz and his
multicultural town Drohobycz. First of all they are both presently forgotten.
This is the same with Polish and Jewish parts of culture which entirely lost in
this place. We want to discovered them because it is
worth and noble thing to remember about common history and get in good
relations. Cultural policy of
The idea of Schulz’s
congress appeared from intentions connected with initiative to re-back great
Bruno his authentic art and living space. And Drohobych needs be bothered. It
was Polish town in pre-wars time, but right now it take
place in
Since first edition
(12-18 July 2004) this undertaking is coming to be specific centre with real
actions connected with Schulz in Drohobycz. The institute is still collecting
the attention of experts of Schulz, famous artists, directors, writers,
translators and amateurs of Cinnamon
shops.
Next inspiration is
to do this festival because of still not recovered Schulz’s book Messiah.
Two international
sessions was made by our organization (The
Reception of Bruno Schulz’s writing in new century - November 2002, Schulz and
The project of
creating the Centre and Museum for Bruno Schulz is becoming more and more real
and it could be accepted by Ukrainian government in the near future. The
actions of the Centre are developing in this direction. This is necessary to
improve the significance of Bruno Schulz. Actually he should be appreciate properly in Ukrainian Drohobycz as one of the
most great artist in XX century. Because in fact he made
Drohobycz famous township.
Actions considered
with the artist, including Schulz’s Festival at first, have open and
perspective formula and they represent more “inside” than “outside” actions.
And this is much more difficult and interesting task to overstep actual
national, cultural and civil stereotypes in Schulz’s town. Besides
The institution has
strong support in experts of Schulz like professors: Jerzy Ficowski, W³adys³aw
Panas, Jerzy Jarzêbski and Aleksander Fiut. They have said that the Festival idea
is an innovation.
In spite of no
financial sources, we want the Festival would work and expand every two years
(according to the conception of Igor Meniok, the first manager of Festival).
The second edition
will be 13 -19 November 2006 and it will be called Bruno Schulz and Culture of
Borderland, which contents Schulz’s writing as a good example to describe Polish
and Ukrainian traditions and relations. Every next edition is necessary to give
Schulz and his museum more carry. The museum would be at his old home on the
former
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