August Scholtis – „wielki łajdak i antychryst” czy „szelma, błazen, mędrzec”? W 90. rocznicę ukazania się powieści Wiatr od wschodu

The article is an attempt to look at the work of August Scholtis (1901–1969), a German writer from Silesia, the Hlučín Region (now part of the Moravian‑Silesian Region in the Czech Republic), through the prism of his debut novel Ostwind [The Wind from the East]. The contribution takes note of reviews, discussions and critical voices present in the Polish press from the 1930s to the 1970s. The anniversary of the publishing of the novel and the availability of the Polish translation were occasions to recall the work of the slightly forgotten prose writer.