Henryk Sienkiewicz Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Henryk Sienkiewicz (HEN-rik Shen-KYEH-veech) (May 5 1846 - November 15 1916) was a Polish novelist, one of the outstanding writers of the second half of the 19th century. Serializing his novels in newspapers, he became immensely popular and beloved in his time and, over a century later, is still highly valued by readers of prose. He is best known for his colorful historical novels depicting heroic deeds of Polish fighters.
His novel Quo Vadis has been filmed several times, most notably the 1951 version.
The author of "Quo Vadis" won the 1905 Nobel Prize in literature.
His most important works were:
- Trylogia (The Trilogy), comprising the novels:
- Ogniem i mieczem (With Fire and Sword, 1884)
- Potop (The Deluge, 1886)
- Pan Wołodyjowski; (Pan Michael, 1888)
- The Teutonic Knights, ISBN: 0781804337 (Krzyżacy, 1900) - see Battle of Grunwald
- Quo Vadis (1895)
- In Desert and Wilderness (W pustyni i w puszczy, 1912)
- The Polaniecki Family (Rodzina Połanieckich, 1894)
- Without Dogma (Bez dogmatu, 1891)
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Full texts of works by Sienkiewicz from Project Gutenberg in English translation:- Quo Vadis: a Narrative of the Time of Nero
- The Knights of the Cross
- Without Dogma : A Novel of Modern Poland
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