What is Henryk Sienkiewicz?
{{Infobox writer | awards = {{awd|[[Nobel Prize in Literature]]|1905}} | name = Henryk Sienkiewicz | image = Henryk Sienkiewicz post 1892 (53054489) (cropped).jpg | birth_name = Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1846|5|5}} | birth_place = [[Wola Okrzejska]], [[Congress Poland]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1916|11|15|1846|5|5}} | death_place = [[Vevey]], Switzerland | occupation = Novelist | nationality = Polish | language = Polish | period = 19th–20th century | notableworks = ''[[Janko Muzykant]]''<br />''[[Ogniem i mieczem]]''<br />''[[The Deluge (novel)|Potop]]''<br />''[[Pan Wołodyjowski]]''<br />''[[Quo Vadis (novel)|Quo vadis]]''<br />''[[Krzyżacy]]''<br />''[[W pustyni i w puszczy]]'' |signature = Signature of Henryk Sienkiewicz.jpg }} '''Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz''' (May 5, 1846 – November 15, 1916) was a [[Poland|Polish]] [[journalist]] and [[Nobel Prize]]-winning [[novelist]]. ==Works== * ''Quo Vadis'' (made into an [[Oscar]]-winning film starring [[Peter Ustinov]]) * ''In Desert and Wilderness'' ({{lang-pl|W pustyni i w puszczy}}) * ''The Teutonic Knights'' ({{lang-pl|Krzyżacy}}) * The trilogy: ''The Fire and the Sword'' ({{lang-pl|Ogniem i mieczem}}), ''The Deluge'' ({{lang-pl|Potop}}) and ''Colonel Wołodyjowski'' ({{lang-pl|Pan Wołodyjowski}}). {{Nobel Prize in Literature}} {{Nobelprize|Literature}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sienkiewicz, Henryk}} [[Category:1846 births]] [[Category:1916 deaths]] [[Category:Polish journalists]] [[Category:Polish novelists]] [[Category:Polish Nobel Prize winners]]