Bruno Schulz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bruno Schulz

Polish novelist and painter

Date of Birth: 12-Jul-1892

Place of Birth: Drohobych, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 19-Nov-1942

Profession: writer, author, painter, literary critic

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Bruno Schulz (July 12, 1892 – November 19, 1942) was a Polish Jewish writer, fine artist, literary critic and art teacher.
He is regarded as one of the great Polish-language prose stylists of the 20th century.
In 1938, he was awarded the Polish Academy of Literature's prestigious Golden Laurel award.
Several of Schulz's works were lost in the Holocaust, including short stories from the early 1940s and his final, unfinished novel The Messiah.
Schulz was shot and killed by a German Nazi in 1942 while walking back home toward Drohobycz Ghetto with a loaf of bread.