In another insightful exploration of Eastern European artists, Marcelina Palamar takes a look at the eccentric Bruno Schulz. Discussion of his use of the cliche-verre technique, his fusion of identities and the critical response to his work all come together in this informative piece on the artist and his life.

Sam Rubinstein explores themes of displacement and Polish-Jewish searches for belonging in Maurycy Szymel’s inter-war poetry

In his column ‘Between Wars, Between Identities’, Sam Rubinstein explores key issues of early twentieth-century Ashkenazi Jewish poetry, including antisemitism in Eastern Europe prior to the Holocaust, literary debates over the use of local vernaculars in Jewish poetry and expression, and Jewish nationalism and the beginnings of the Zionist movement. In this first column, he takes a look at the divide in Polish Jewish literary circles over language choice, and how key actors reconciled language with their evolving identities.