Henryk Sienkiewicz

Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz ( , ; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916), also known by the pseudonym Litwos (), was an epic Polish writer. He is remembered for his historical novels, such as the Trilogy series and especially for his internationally known best-seller ''Quo Vadis'' (1896).

Born into an impoverished Polish noble family in Russian-ruled Congress Poland, in the late 1860s he began publishing journalistic and literary pieces. In the late 1870s he traveled to the United States, sending back travel essays that won him popularity with Polish readers. In the 1880s he began serializing novels that further increased his popularity. He soon became one of the most popular Polish writers of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and numerous translations gained him international renown, culminating in his receipt of the 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "outstanding merits as an epic writer."

Many of his novels remain in print. In Poland he is known for his "Trilogy" of historical novels – ''With Fire and Sword'', ''The Deluge'', and ''Sir Michael'' – set in the 17th-century Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth; internationally he is known for ''Quo Vadis'', set in Nero's Rome. ''The Trilogy'' and ''Quo Vadis'' have been filmed, the latter several times, with Hollywood's 1951 version receiving the most international recognition. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Published 1980
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Published 1880
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by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Published 1989
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Published 1940
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by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Published 1960
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Published 1930
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by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Published 1915
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by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Published 1911
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by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Published 1977
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by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Published 1930
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by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Published 1969
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by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Published 1969
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by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Published 1977
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by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Published 1974
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by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Published 1920
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by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Published 1977
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by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Published 1988
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