A Bruno Schulz text resurfaces: the early story “Undula”
En attendant Nadeau has published a new translation of a 1922 text by the Polish writer Bruno Schulz, printed at the time under a pseudonym.
The literary review En attendant Nadeau announced on November 3 that it is presenting an original translation of a short text by Bruno Schulz titled “Undula,” first published in 1922 under a pseudonym. The piece predates the work for which Schulz is best known, and according to the review it shows a sensibility still taking shape.
Bruno Schulz, the Polish writer and artist, is considered one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century. En attendant Nadeau presents this early text as a way of rounding out readers' knowledge of his output, rather than as a previously unknown masterpiece.
The source material gives no further detail on the translator, the publisher of the translation, or the circumstances under which the 1922 pseudonym was identified as Schulz's. Readers who keep Schulz's work on their shelves — chiefly the story collections for which he is known in French translation — may find the text, available via En attendant Nadeau, worth the short detour.
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