Instytut Adama Mickiewicza

Festival

The Adam Mickiewicz Institute is a co-organizer of the II International Bruno Schulz Festival in Drohobych. The Festival will be held on 13 - 19 November.

Bruno Schulz. Self-portrait "Dedication"

International Bruno Schulz Festival is an idea and realization made by the Polish Educational and Information Centre. The project mostly center on its initiatives and actions linked with Bruno Schulz and his multicultural town Drohobych.

Since first edition (12-18 July 2004) this undertaking is coming to be specific centre with real actions connected with Schulz in Drohobych. The institute is still collecting the attention of experts of Schulz, famous artists, directors, writers, translators and amateurs of "Cinnamon shops". The Centre co-operated with experts like: Prof. Jerzy Ficowski, Prof. Władysław Panas and currently: Prof. Jerzy Jarzębski and prof. Aleksander Fiut.

The inspiration of the festival is still not recovered Schulz’s book "Messiah". Two international sessions was made by the Polish Educational and Information Centre ("The Reception of Bruno Schulz’s writing in new century" - November 2002, "Schulz and Ukraine" - November 2003). The Centre also has done seminars with University in Warsaw (April 2004). The main effects are publications ("Multicultural Drohobych") and opening the Bruno Schulz’s Museum in his ex-office in high school where he was teaching.
The second edition of the festival will be called "Bruno Schulz and Culture of Borderland".

Files available for download:
programme.doc

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