Henryk Sienkiewicz

Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (May 5, 1846 – November 15, 1916) was a Polish journalist and Nobel Prize-winning novelist.

Henryk Sienkiewicz
Born	Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (1846-05-05)5 May 1846 Wola Okrzejska, Congress Poland
Died	15 November 1916(1916-11-15) (aged 70) Vevey, Switzerland
Occupation	Novelist
Language	Polish
Nationality	Polish
Period	19th–20th century
Notable works	Janko Muzykant Ogniem i mieczem Potop Pan Wołodyjowski Quo vadis Krzyżacy W pustyni i w puszczy
Notable awards	Nobel Prize in Literature 1905
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Works

• Quo Vadis (made into an Oscar-winning film starring Peter Ustinov)
• In Desert and Wilderness (Polish: [W pustyni i w puszczy] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help))
• The Teutonic Knights (Polish: [Krzyżacy] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help))
• The trilogy: The Fire and the Sword (Polish: [Ogniem i mieczem] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)), The Deluge (Polish: [Potop] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) and Colonel Wołodyjowski (Polish: [Pan Wołodyjowski] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)).

Henryk Sienkiewicz on NobelPrize.org