Editing Henryk Sienkiewicz (section)

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| awards = {{awards|[[Nobel Prize in Literature]]|1905}}
| name = Henryk Sienkiewicz
| image = Henryk Sienkiewicz ca 1885 (45871548) (cropped).jpg
| birth_name = Henryk Adam Aleksander Prus Sienkiewicz
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1846|5|5}}
| birth_place = [[Wola Okrzejska]], Lublin Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1916|11|15|1846|5|5}}
| death_place = [[Vevey]], Vaud, Switzerland
| occupation = {{hlist|writer|novelist|journalist}}
| language = Polish
| period = 19th–20th century
| signature = Henryk Sienkiewicz signature.svg
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'''Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz''' ({{IPAc-en|US|ʃ|ɛ|n|ˈ|k|j|eɪ|v|ɪ|tʃ|,_|-|j|ɛ|v|-}} {{respell|shen|KYAY|vitch|,_-|KYEV|itch}},<ref>{{Cite American Heritage Dictionary|Sienkiewicz|access-date=16 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/sienkiewicz|title=Sienkiewicz|work=[[Collins English Dictionary]]|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|access-date=16 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Sienkiewicz|access-date=16 August 2019}}</ref> {{IPA|pl|ˈxɛnrɨk ˈadam alɛkˈsandɛr ˈpjus ɕɛnˈkʲɛvit͡ʂ|lang}}; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916), also known by the pseudonym '''Litwos''' ({{IPA|pl|ˈlitfɔs}}), was a Polish epic writer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/search/?s=sienkiewicz&nonce=1703367060000|quote=an epic writer|title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 1905|website=NobelPrize.org|language=en-US|access-date=23 December 2023}}</ref> He is remembered for his historical novels, such as [[The Trilogy|the Trilogy series]] and especially for his internationally known best-seller ''[[Quo Vadis (novel)|Quo Vadis]]'' (1896).

Born into an impoverished [[szlachta|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. In Poland he is known for his "Trilogy" of historical novels – ''[[With Fire and Sword]]'', ''[[The Deluge (novel)|The Deluge]]'', and ''[[Fire in the Steppe|Sir Michael]]'' – set in the 17th-century [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]]; internationally he is known for ''[[Quo Vadis (novel)|Quo Vadis]]'', set in [[Nero]]'s [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]. ''The Trilogy'' and ''Quo Vadis'' have been filmed, the latter several times, with Hollywood's [[Quo Vadis (1951 film)|1951 version]] receiving the most international recognition.