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Henryk Sienkiewicz

1846 - 1916

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Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (US: shen-KYAY-vitch, -⁠KYEV-itch, Polish: [ˈxɛnrɨk ˈadam alɛkˈsandɛr ˈpjus ɕɛnˈkʲɛvit͡ʂ]; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916), also known by the pseudonym Litwos (Polish pronunciation: [ˈlitfɔs]), was a Polish epic writer. He is remembered for his historical novels, such as the Trilogy series and especially for his internationally known best-seller Quo Vadis (1896). Born into an impoverished Polish noble family in Russian-ruled Congress Poland, in the late 1860s he began publishing journalistic and literary pieces. In the late 1870s he traveled to the United States, sending back travel essays that won him popularity with Polish readers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henryk Sienkiewicz is the 160th most popular writer (up from 225th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Poland (up from 30th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Polish Writer.

Henryk Sienkiewicz is most famous for writing the novel Quo Vadis.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Henryk Sienkiewicz ranks 160 out of 7,302. Before him are Yasunari Kawabata, H. P. Lovecraft, Mary Shelley, Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco, and Ivan Turgenev. After him are Tomas Tranströmer, Guillaume Apollinaire, Jean Racine, Elias Canetti, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Novalis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Henryk Sienkiewicz ranks 2. Before him is Rudolf Christoph Eucken. After him are Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, Peter Carl Fabergé, Wilhelm Maybach, Buffalo Bill, Comte de Lautréamont, George Westinghouse, Edmondo De Amicis, Wladimir Köppen, Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, and Prince Leopold of Bavaria. Among people deceased in 1916, Henryk Sienkiewicz ranks 4. Before him are Franz Joseph I of Austria, Grigori Rasputin, and Jack London. After him are William Ramsay, Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Ernst Mach, Élie Metchnikoff, Yuan Shikai, Charles Taze Russell, Klas Pontus Arnoldson, and Odilon Redon.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Henryk Sienkiewicz ranks 16 out of 1,694. Before him are Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906), L. L. Zamenhof (1859), Paul von Hindenburg (1847), David Ben-Gurion (1886), Günter Grass (1927), and Johann Gottfried Herder (1744). After him are Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686), Wisława Szymborska (1923), Fritz Haber (1868), Adam Mickiewicz (1798), Eric of Pomerania (1381), and Otto Stern (1888).

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Among WRITERS In Poland

Among writers born in Poland, Henryk Sienkiewicz ranks 2. Before him are Günter Grass (1927). After him are Wisława Szymborska (1923), Adam Mickiewicz (1798), Janusz Korczak (1878), Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902), Gerhart Hauptmann (1862), Andrzej Sapkowski (1948), Alfred Döblin (1878), Władysław Reymont (1867), Osip Mandelstam (1891), and Olga Tokarczuk (1962).

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