Henryk Henryk SienkiewiczSienkiewicz

Who was he?Who was he?

Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz - also known by the pseudonym Litwos; (5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916).

He was a Polish journalist, Nobel Prize - winning novelist, and philanthropist. He is best remembered for his historical novels.

Early yearsEarly yearsBorn 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.

CreativityCreativityIn Poland he is best 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 best 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.

The TrilogyThe TrilogyThe Trilogy 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.

With Fire and Sword With Fire and Sword

With Fire and Sword is a historical fiction novel, set in the 17th century in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Khmelnytsky Uprising. It was initially serialized in several Polish newspapers, chapters appearing in weekly instalments. It gained enormous popularity in Poland, and by the turn of the 20th century had become one of the most popular Polish books ever. It became obligatory reading in Polish schools, and has been translated into English and most European languages.

The series was a vehicle for expressing Polish patriotism in a Poland partitioned and deprived of independence, while avoiding censorship by having a historical background concerning wars with past enemies other than the countries ruling parts of Poland at the time of writing (Russia, Germany and Austria).

The DelugeThe DelugeThe Deluge (Polish: Potop) is a

historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1886. It is the second volume of a three-volume series known to Poles as "the Trilogy," having been preceded by With Fire and Sword (Ogniem i mieczem, 1884) and followed by Fire in the Steppe (Pan Wołodyjowski, 1886). The novel tells a story of a fictional Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth soldier and noble Andrzej Kmicic and shows a panorama of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the historical Deluge which was a part of the Northern Wars.

Fire in the Steppe Fire in the Steppe Fire in the Steppe (Polish: Pan

Wołodyjowski) also translated into English as Sir Michael and Colonel Wolodyjowski; (literally, Sir Wołodyjowski) is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1888. It is the third volume in a series known to Poles as "The Trilogy," preceded by With Fire and Sword (Ogniem i mieczem, 1884) and The Deluge (Potop, 1886). The novel's protagonist is Michal Wolodyjowski.(Polish: Pan Wolodyjowski; also translated into English as Sir Michael and Colonel Wolodyjowski; literally, Sir Wolodyjowski) is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1888. It is the third volume in a series known to Poles as The Trilogy, preceded by With Fire and Sword (Ogniem i mieczem, 1884) and The Deluge (Potop, 1886). The novel's protagonist is Michal Wolodyjowski.

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