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Henryk Sienkiewicz
Polish writer, novelist, journalist, philanthropist and Nobel Prize laureate (1846–1916)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 5 May 1846
- Died
- 15 November 1916
- Conflict
- World War I
- Place of birth
- Wola Okrzejska
- Place of death
- Vevey
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Henryk, Adam, Aleksander, Pius
- Family name
- Sienkiewicz
- Sibling
- Aniela Sienkiewicz
- Movement
- Q11761905, Positivism in Poland
- Genre
- novella, reportage, short novel, feuilleton
- Field of work
- fiction
- Occupation
- novelist, screenwriter, journalist, writer, short story writer
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire, Poland
- Native language
- Polish
- Religion
- Catholic Church, Catholicism
- birth name
- Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz
- cause of death
- cardiovascular disease, aortic aneurysm
- coat of arms
- Oszyk coat of arms
- depicted by
- Portrait of Henryk Sienkiewicz, Portrait of Henryk Sienkiewicz., Portrait of Henryk Sienkiewicz
- described by source
- Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Polish Biographical Dictionary, Library of the World's Best Literature, Belarusian encyclopedia (vol. 15), Q14271809
- different from
- Henryk Sienkiewicz, Henryk Sienkiewicz
- educated at
- University of Warsaw
- end of work period
- 1916
- ethnic group
- Poles
- family
- House of Sienkiwicz
- influenced by
- Henryk Rzewuski
- languages spoken, written or signed
- Polish
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of
- Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Polskie Towarzystwo Tatrzanskie, Academy of Learning
- name in native language
- Henryk Sienkiewicz
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize in Literature
- notable work
- Janko Muzykant, With Fire and Sword, The Deluge, Fire in the Steppe, Quo Vadis, The Knights of the Cross, In Desert and Wilderness
- place of burial
- St. John's Archcathedral
- start of work period
- 1869
- topic's main category
- Category:Henryk Sienkiewicz
- writing language
- Polish
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