Witkacy – Schulz – Gombrowicz

Abstract

The article presents the original achievements of three writers: Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Bruno Schulz and Witold Gombrowicz. The text indicates the sources of their inspiration, and describes their reception, and formal experiments. Confrontation of these three types of oeuvre is based on the belief that the legacy of these authors is not merely a part of Polish and European Modernism, but substantially enriches all literature of that time. The article situates the literary achievements of the three Modernist writers in the context of the Modernism and the artistic endeavors of Polish writers in the second half of the nineteenth century.