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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.
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."
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 has 904 books on Goodreads with 173135 ratings. Henryk Sienkiewicz’s most popular book is Quo Vadis.
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May 14, 2018 · The Polish novelist and short-story writer Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916) wrote historical novels on an epic scale. His evocations of the Middle Ages and the 17th century, as well as the early Christian era, are vivid, stirring, and often beautiful.
Henryk Sienkiewicz (pseudonym Litwos), writer and essayist, born on May 5, 1846 in Wola Okrzejska, died on November 15, 1916 in Vevey, Switzerland.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1905 was awarded to Henryk Sienkiewicz "because of his outstanding merits as an epic writer". MLA style: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1905.
