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Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (US: / ʃ ɛ n ˈ k j eɪ v ɪ tʃ,-j ɛ v-/ shen-KYAY-vitch, - KYEV-itch, Polish: [ˈxɛnrɨk ˈadam alɛkˈsandɛr ˈpjus ɕɛnˈkʲɛvit͡ʂ]; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916), also known by the pseudonym Litwos (Polish pronunciation:), was an epic Polish writer.
- Polish
- 15 November 1916 (aged 70), Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland
- 19th–20th century
- Nobel Prize in Literature, 1905
May 1, 2024 · 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. Sienkiewicz’s family owned a small estate but lost everything and moved to Warsaw , where Sienkiewicz studied literature , history, and philology at Warsaw University.
Henryk Sienkiewicz. 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 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 ...
Nov 15, 2015 · Biographical. 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. His father’s family was actively engaged in the revolutionary struggles for Polish independence, which accounts for the strong patriotic element ...
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. It is considered a great literary work, on par with Adam Mickiewicz's Pan Tadeusz.
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Henryk Sienkiewicz. 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 ...
