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Henryk Sienkiewicz

Polish epic writer and Nobel laureate known for historical novels.

Sienkiewicz died on 15 November 1916 in Vevey, Switzerland from ischemic heart disease.[1] For his overall achievements as an epic writer, Sienkiewicz was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1905.[2]

Quick Facts

Birth name
Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz
Born
5 May 1846
Birthplace
Wola Okrzejska, Lublin Governorate, Russian Empire
Died
15 November 1916
Place of death
Vevey, Vaud, Swiss Confederacy
Occupation
  • Writer
  • novelist
  • journalist
Language
Polish
Pen name
Litwos

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

Sienkiewicz was born on 5 May 1846 in Wola Okrzejska to impoverished Polish nobles of the Oszyk coat of arms.[3] His family moved several times, and he began his education in Warsaw in September 1858.[4] Sienkiewicz debuted as a journalist in 1869 and as a fiction writer in 1872 with the novel Na Marne.[5][6] He married Maria Szetkiewicz on 18 August 1881, and they had two children before her death from tuberculosis in 1885.[7]

In 1905 he won the Nobel Prize, saying the honor was of particular value to a son of Poland.[2] In 1876, Sienkiewicz journeyed to the United States, and his travel essays were published in Gazeta Polska.[8]

What the cited sources add

The Henryk Sienkiewicz Museum in Oblęgorek opened in 1958, and the museum in his birthplace Wola Okrzejska opened in 1966.[9] The encyclopedia of Christian literature notes that Quo Vadis became widely popular in the Christian West.[10][11] Modernism describes how the Teutonic Knights were viewed as precursors to modern Germans in both German and Polish culture.[12][13] The same source states that the Polish-Lithuanian union was regarded as a model for a future independent Polish state.[12][13]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Henryk Sienkiewicz" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. XXXVII, 1997, p. 213.; Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. XXXVII, 1997, p. 213.; Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. XXXVII, 1997, p. 213.; Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. XXXVII, 1997, p. 214. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Henryk Sienkiewicz" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. XXXVII, 1997, p. 210.; "Polish American Studies", Polish-American Historical Association, 2005, p. 76; Sylwia Wilczak, "Quo Vadis Noblowska Pomyłka", Archiwum.wyborcza.pl (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Henryk Sienkiewicz" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. XXXVII, 1997, p. 203.; "Modernism: Representations of National Culture", Central European University Press, 2010, p. 163; Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. XXXVII, 1997, p. 203.; Lockert, Lacy, "Henryk Sienkiewicz", The Sewanee Review, 1919, p. 257–283; Andrzej Kulikowski. Heraldyka szlachecka. 1990. p. 89. Quote: "Rodzina Sienkiewiczów vel Sieńkiewiczów wywodzi się z tatarów en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Henryk Sienkiewicz" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. XXXVII, 1997, p. 203.; Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. XXXVII, 1997, p. 203.; Stefan Majchrowski, "Pan Sienkiewicz", Ludowa Spóldzielnia Wydawnicza, 1966, p. 456; Władysław Studencki, "Szkice literackie: wielcy i mali", 1967, p. 66–67; Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. XXXVII, 1997, p. 203.; Henryk Markiewicz, "S en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Henryk Sienkiewicz" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. XXXVII, 1997, p. 203.; Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. XXXVII, 1997, p. 203.; Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. XXXVII, 1997, p. 203.; Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. XXXVII, 1997, p. 204.; Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Piu en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Henryk Sienkiewicz" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. XXXVII, 1997, p. 203.; Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. XXXVII, 1997, p. 204.; Ewa Ihnatowicz, "Literatura polska drugiej połowy XIX wieku (1864–1914)", Wydawn. Trio, 2000, p. 73; Ewa Ihnatowicz, "Literatura polska drugiej połowy XIX wieku (1864–1914)", Wydawn. Trio, 2000, p. 73; Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Henryk Sienkiewicz" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. XXXVII, 1997, p. 205.; Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. XXXVII, 1997, p. 205.; Janina Kulczycka-Saloni, "Henryk Sienkiewicz", Państwowe Zakłady Wydawnictw Szkolnych, 1960, p. 19; Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. XXXVII, 1997, p. 205.; Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik b en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Henryk Sienkiewicz" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. XXXVII, 1997, p. 204.; Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. XXXVII, 1997, p. 204.; Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. XXXVII, 1997, p. 204.; Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. XXXVII, 1997, p. 204.; Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Piu en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Henryk Sienkiewicz" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. XXXVII, 1997, p. 214.; Producer – strony www, cms, social media, producer.pl, "Muzeum Narodowe w Kielcach", Sienkiewicz.mnki.pl; "Muzeum Henryka Sienkiewicza w Woli Okrzejskiej", Muzeum Sienkiewicza.pl; Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. XXXVII, 1997, p. 214. (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Henryk Sienkiewicz" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. XXXVII, 1997, p. 209.; "The Encyclopedia of Christian Literature", Scarecrow Press, 2010, p. 564; Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. XXXVII, 1997, p. 209. (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Open Library record, ISBN 9780810872837 ("The encyclopedia of Christian literature"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
  12. Wikipedia, "Henryk Sienkiewicz" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Henryk Markiewicz, "Sienkiewicz, Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius", Polski słownik biograficzny, vol. XXXVII, 1997, p. 209.; "Modernism: Representations of National Culture", Central European University Press, 2010, p. 165; "Modernism: Representations of National Culture", Central European University Press, 2010, p. 165; "Modernism: Representations of National Culture", Central European University Press, 2010, p. 166 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  13. Open Library record, ISBN 9789637326646 ("Modernism"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org

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