Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz was a Polish journalist and Nobel Prize-winning novelist. A Polish szlachcic of the Oszyk coat of arms, he was one of the most popular Polish writers at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905 for his "outstanding merits as an epic writer." Born into an impoverished noble family in the village of Wola Okrzejska, in Russian-ruled Poland, Sienkiewicz wrote historical novels set during the Rzeczpospolita . Part of his family was of distant Tatar extraction. His works were noted for their negative... portrayal of the Teutonic Order in The Teutonic Knights , which was remarkable as a significant portion of his readership lived under German rule. This can be contrasted with his positive portrayal of German mercenaries in With Fire and Sword. Many of his novels were first serialized in newspapers, and even today are still in print.
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| Birthdate: | May 5, 1846 |
| Birthplace: | Wola Okrzejska |
| Date of death: | November 15, 1916 |
| Religion: | Roman Catholicism |