Sienkiewicz, Henryk (Adam Alexander Pius)
- Sienkiewicz, Henryk (Adam Alexander Pius)
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born May 5, 1846, Wola Okrzejska, Pol.
died Nov. 15, 1916, Vevey, Switz.
Polish novelist.
In 1869 he began to publish critical works showing the influence of
positivism. He worked as a newspaperman and published successful short stories before producing the great trilogy consisting of
With Fire and Sword (1884),
The Deluge (1886), and
Pan Michael (1887–88). Describing Poland's struggles against Cossacks, Tatars, Swedes, and Turks, the novels stress Polish heroism in a vivid style of epic clarity and simplicity. The widely translated
Quo Vadis? (1896), set in Rome under Nero, established his international reputation. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1905.
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Universalium.
2010.
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