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Henryk Sienkiewicz

Born

in Wola Okrzejska, Poland

May 05, 1846

Died

November 15, 1916

Genre

History, Historical Fiction

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Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (also known as "Litwos"; May 5, 1846–November 15, 1916) was a Polish journalist and Nobel Prize-winning novelist. 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 gentry family in the Podlasie village of Wola Okrzejska, in Russian-ruled Poland, Sienkiewicz wrote historical novels set during the Rzeczpospolita (Polish Republic, or Commonwealth). His works were noted for their negative portrayal of the Teutonic Order in The Teutonic Knights (Krzyżacy), which was remarkable as a significant portion of his readership lived under German rule. M ...more

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Average rating: 3.84 · 50,853 ratings · 1,474 reviews · 287 distinct works • Similar authors

	Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz, W.S. Kuniczak (Translator) 4.15 avg rating — 23,597 ratings — published 1894 — 599 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ogniem i mieczem (Trylogia, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 4,052 ratings — published 1884 — 162 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Desert and Wilderness by Henryk Sienkiewicz, Max A. Drezmal , France Vodnik (Translator) , Nikolaj Omersa (Illustrator) 3.57 avg rating — 5,254 ratings — published 1911 — 167 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Potop (Trylogia, #2) 3.86 avg rating — 3,062 ratings — published 1886 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Teutonic Knights by Henryk Sienkiewicz, Alicia Tyszkiewicz (Translator) , Miroslaw Lipinski (Editor) 3.38 avg rating — 3,891 ratings — published 1899 — 127 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Latarnik 2.81 avg rating — 2,413 ratings — published 1881 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pan Wołodyjowski (Trylogia, #3) 3.96 avg rating — 1,985 ratings — published 1888 — 124 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Potop. Tom I 3.85 avg rating — 717 ratings — published 2015 — 77 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yanko the Musician and Other Stories 2.81 avg rating — 1,240 ratings — published 1878 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Krzyżacy 3.18 avg rating — 674 ratings — published 1900 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Henryk Sienkiewicz

The Trilogy - 3 book edition (3 books)
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Henryk Sienkiewicz

3.93 avg rating — 9,129 ratings

The Trilogy (6 books)
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Henryk Sienkiewicz

3.93 avg rating — 6,158 ratings

The Knights of the Cross or Krzyżacy (1 book)
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Henryk Sienkiewicz,

Alicia Tyszkiewicz (Translator)

Miroslaw Lipinski (Editor)

3.36 avg rating — 4,757 ratings

Quo Vadis (2 books)
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Henryk Sienkiewicz

4.29 avg rating — 41 ratings

In Desert and Wilderness (2 books)
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Henryk Sienkiewicz,

France Vodnik (Translator)

Nikolaj Omersa (Illustrator)

Iztok Ilich (Afterword)

Marijan Tršar (Afterword)

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Quotes by Henryk Sienkiewicz

“But I think happiness springs from another source, a far deeper one that doesn't depend on will because it comes from love.”
― Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis

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“Nevertheless, in this sea of human wretchedness and malice there bloomed at times compassion, as a pale flower blooms in a putrid marsh.”
― Henryk Sienkiewicz, In Desert and Wilderness

tags: cruelty, hope, hope-and-despair, humanity

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“It is not Atlas who carries the world on his shoulders, but woman; and sometimes she plays with it as with a ball.”
― Henryk Sienkjewicz

tags: atlas, ball, play, quo-vadis, shoulders, woman, women

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Polls

Which translated fiction book would you like to read in March 2017?

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo (French)

26 votes, 23.9%

The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne (French)

14 votes, 12.8%

The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann (German)

13 votes, 11.9%

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (German)

10 votes, 9.2%

Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German)

10 votes, 9.2%

Utopia by Thomas More (Latin)

8 votes, 7.3%

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset (Norwegian)

7 votes, 6.4%

Alone in Berlin (aka Every Man Dies Alone) by Hans Fallada (German)

7 votes, 6.4%

The Little World of Don Camillo by Giovannino Guareschi (Italian)

6 votes, 5.5%

Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz (Polish)

6 votes, 5.5%

The Fortune of the Rougons by Émile Zola (French)

2 votes, 1.8%

109 total votes

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