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Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz ( US: / ʃɛnˈkjeɪvɪtʃ, - jɛv -/ shen-KYAY-vitch, -KYEV-itch, [1] [2] [3] Polish: [ˈxɛnrɨk ˈadam alɛkˈsandɛr ˈpjus ɕɛnˈkʲɛvit͡ʂ]; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916), also known by the pseudonym Litwos ( Polish pronunciation: [ˈlitfɔs] ), was an epic [4] Polish writer.
Henryk Sienkiewicz (born May 5, 1846, Wola Okrzejska, Poland—died November 15, 1916, Vevey, Switzerland) was a Polish novelist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1905.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1905. Born: 5 May 1846, Wola Okrzejska, Poland. Died: 15 November 1916, Vevey, Switzerland. Residence at the time of the award: Poland. Prize motivation: “because of his outstanding merits as an epic writer”. Language: Polish.
Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz, ps. „Litwos”, „Musagetes”, „Juliusz Polkowski”, „K. Dobrzyński” (ur. 5 maja 1846 w Woli Okrzejskiej, zm. 15 listopada 1916 w Vevey) – polski nowelista, powieściopisarz epoki pozytywizmu i publicysta; laureat Nagrody Nobla w dziedzinie literatury (1905) za całokształt twórczości [1 ...
Nov 15, 2015 · Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916), the most outstanding and prolific Polish writer of the second half of the nineteenth century, was born in Wola Okrzejska, in the Russian part of Poland.
Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (also known as "Litwos"; May 5, 1846–November 15, 1916) was a Polish journalist and Nobel Prize-winning novelist. He was one of the most popular Polish writers at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905 for his "outstanding merits as an epic writer."
The Trilogy (1884–1888) is a series of three novels written by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz. The series follows dramatized versions of famous events in Polish history, weaving fact and fiction.
Henryk Sienkiewicz (May 5, 1846 - November 15, 1916), a Nobel Prize -winning novelist and journalist, chronicled Polish history in a series of panoramic novels that won unprecedented popularity in his native country, awakening pride in Polish culture and history following a century of political and cultural subjugation by Russia, Prussia, and ...
Henryk Sienkiewicz (pseudonym Litwos), writer and essayist, born on May 5, 1846 in Wola Okrzejska, died on November 15, 1916 in Vevey, Switzerland. The son of an impoverished landowner, Sienkiewicz attended a Warsaw gymnasium prior to studying at the Main School from 1866-69.
The plot of The Light-House Keeper ("Latarnik," 1880) by Henryk Sienkiewicz, considered by many as one of the masterpieces of Polish literature, is ostensibly simple: a Polish immigrant, working as a light-house keeper is so engrossed in reading Pan Tadeusz, that he forgets to lit the light-house and is therefore fired.
