Which Polish writer and artist from Drohobycz wrote the story collection Cinnamon Shops, published in 1934?
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Correct answer: C. Bruno Schulz
- Step 1: Schulz's Cinnamon Shops (Sklepy cynamonowe) describes his native town in a poetic, dreamlike style. Answer: Bruno Schulz. Why not the others: Witold Gombrowicz, Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz and Zofia Nalkowska don't fit.
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