Henryk Sienkiewicz - Nobel Prize in Literature — 1905
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Henryk Sienkiewicz

Prize
Nobel Prize in Literature — 1905
because of his outstanding merits as an epic writer
Citizenship
Poland Poland Russian Empire Russian Empire
Languages
Polish
date of birth
5/5/1846
place of birth
Wola Okrzejska
date of death
11/15/1916
place of death
Vevey
Lived
70 years

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occupation
  • novelist
  • short story writer
  • writer
  • screenwriter
  • journalist
member of
  • Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Polskie Towarzystwo Tatrzanskie
  • Academy of Learning
  • Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
field of work
  • fiction
educated at
  • University of Warsaw
notable work
  • Quo Vadis
  • The Deluge
  • The Knights of the Cross
  • In Desert and Wilderness
  • With Fire and Sword
  • Janko Muzykant
  • Fire in the Steppe
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