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    Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (US: /ʃɛnˈkjeɪvɪtʃ, -jɛv-/ shen-KYAY-vitch, -⁠KYEV-itch, Polish: [ˈxɛnrɨk ˈadam alɛkˈsandɛr ˈpjus ɕɛnˈkʲɛvit͡ʂ];...
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    collections of Irish folktales. He also translated into English Henryk Sienkiewicz's Quo Vadis and other novels and stories by the Pole. Born in Detroit...
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    With Fire and Sword (category Novels by Henryk Sienkiewicz)
    (Polish: Ogniem i mieczem) is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1884. It is the first volume of a series known to Poles...
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    entered Polish culture. For example, the novel With Fire and Sword by Henryk Sienkiewicz in several places describes how people were dancing w prysiudach,...
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  • In Desert and Wilderness (category Novels by Henryk Sienkiewicz)
    adult novel by the Polish author and Nobel Prize-winning novelist Henryk Sienkiewicz, written in 1911. It is the author's only novel written for children/teenagers...
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    Quo Vadis (novel) (category Novels by Henryk Sienkiewicz)
    A Narrative of the Time of Nero is a historical novel written by Henryk Sienkiewicz in Polish. The novel Quo Vadis tells of a love that develops between...
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    The Henryk Sienkiewicz Park in Włocławek is one of the oldest city parks in Poland. This is the third city park that was established in Włocławek. Previous...
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    Museum of Henryk Sienkiewicz is located in Wola Okrzejska at 21-480 Okrzeja; Phone: 025 755 9000; Tel. / fax: 025 797 6000. Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916)...
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    Russo-Polish War. The term "deluge" (potop in Polish) was popularized by Henryk Sienkiewicz in his novel The Deluge (1886). During the wars the Commonwealth lost...
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  • The Trilogy (category Novels by Henryk Sienkiewicz)
    (1884-1888) is a series of three novels written by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz. The series follows dramatized versions of famous events in Polish...
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    Czachórski Portrait of Jadwiga Sienkiewicz Jacek Malczewski Henryk Józef Sienkiewicz Kazimierz Mordasewicz Henryk Józef Sienkiewicz Piotr Stachiewicz Skrzetuski...
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    Onufry Zagłoba (category Sienkiewicz's Trilogy)
    Jan Onufry Zagłoba is a fictional character in the Trilogy by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Together with other characters of The Trilogy, Zagłoba engages in various...
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  • the University of Warsaw Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916), Polish author Nobel Prize for Literature laureate 1905 Henryk Cybulski (1910–1971), Polish forester...
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  • Andrzej Kmicic (category Sienkiewicz's Trilogy)
    Andrzej Kmicic is best known as a fictional character created by Henryk Sienkiewicz featured in the novel The Deluge. He is a typical szlachcic (Polish-Lithuanian...
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    The Knights of the Cross (category Novels by Henryk Sienkiewicz)
    written by the Polish Positivist writer and the 1905 Nobel laureate, Henryk Sienkiewicz. Its first English translation was published in the same year as the...
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  • Agnieszka Sienkiewicz (born 1984), Polish actress Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz (born 1961), Polish politician Bill Sienkiewicz (born 1958), American artist Henryk Sienkiewicz...
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    Important positivist writers include Bolesław Prus (The Doll, Pharaoh), Henryk Sienkiewicz (author of numerous historical novels the most internationally acclaimed...
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    based on the historical novel of the same name by Nobel laureate Henryk Sienkiewicz. 1528: The Polish (szlachta) and Lithuanian nobility's legal right...
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  • The Deluge (novel) (category Novels by Henryk Sienkiewicz)
    Deluge (Polish: Potop) is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1886. It is the second volume of a three-volume series...
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    Colonel Wolodyjowski (category Novels by Henryk Sienkiewicz)
    literally, Sir Wołodyjowski) is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1887. It is the third volume in a series known to Poles...
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    novella) by Polish writer and winner of 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature, Henryk Sienkiewicz. It has been described as one of his most successful works in that...
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    deprived of its sovereignty, and prophesied its revival. The novelist Henryk Sienkiewicz, who won the Nobel Prize in 1905, eulogised the historical tradition...
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  • banner of Saint George and 40 men. His part in the battle was described by Henryk Sienkiewicz in his novel The Teutonic Knights. Zawisza Czarny v t e...
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  • Quo Vadis (2001 film) (category Films based on works by Henryk Sienkiewicz)
    by Jerzy Kawalerowicz based on the 1896 book of the same title by Henryk Sienkiewicz. It was Poland's submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy...
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    Władysław Reymont, Gabriela Zapolska, and Stanisław Wyspiański. In 1905 Henryk Sienkiewicz received a Nobel Prize in literature for his Quo Vadis inspiring a...
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    reissued and is also available to read free online at Project Gutenberg. Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish writer and Nobel Prize winner, set his novel In Desert and...
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  • Desert and Wilderness (Polish: W pustyni i w puszczy) by Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz. He is one of the earliest Polish literary depictions of a black person...
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  • small chateau is not open to the public but it was the place where Henryk Sienkiewicz wrote Quo Vadis and gained himself a Nobel Prize in Literature. Le...
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  • With Fire and Sword (film) (category Films based on works by Henryk Sienkiewicz)
    on the novel With Fire and Sword, the first part in The Trilogy of Henryk Sienkiewicz. At the time of its filming it was the most expensive Polish film...
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    "Positivist" period, Sarmatism made a comeback with The Trilogy of Henryk Sienkiewicz, Poland's first Nobel laureate in literature. The term Sarmatism was...
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