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Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz, also known by the pseudonym Litwos, 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 (1895–1896).
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culture · Polish epic writer (1846–1916) · novelist · screenwriter · journalist · writer · short story writer · also Henryk Sienkiewicz, Sienkiewicz
Born 5 May 1846 · Died 15 November 1916 · Q41502
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2026· 5 entries
“She was pronounced dead – yet here is a proof that She lives on; She was declared incapable to think and to work – and here is proof to the contrary; She was pronounced defeated – and here is proof that She is victorious”
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“She was pronounced dead – yet here is proof that she lives on.... She was pronounced defeated – and here is proof that she is victorious.”
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Rozrywka Radio ZET: To piękne imię wymyślił Henryk Sienkiewicz. Dziś nosi je tylko 780 Polek
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wp: Henryk Sienkiewicz - Newsy
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2024· 3 entries
culture.pl: In Desert and Wilderness – Henryk Sienkiewicz
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gloswielkopolski.pl: Tu odpoczywał i ładował akumulatory Henryk Sienkiewicz. W Rogalinie pod Poznaniem napisał część "Quo vadis" oraz "Rodzinę Połanieckich"
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gloswielkopolski: Tu odpoczywał i ładował akumulatory Henryk Sienkiewicz. W Rogalinie pod Poznaniem napisał część "Quo vadis" oraz "Rodzinę Połanieckich"
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2023· 1 entry
Onet: Henryk Sienkiewicz – oszczędny gadżeciarz, z pasjami i słabościami
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2022· 1 entry
TVN24: Henryk Sienkiewicz 1846-2016. Przemalują mural. Zamiast 2016 będzie 1916. "W 2016 roku nasze intencje były jasne"
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2021· 2 entries
culture.pl: The Teutonic Knights – Henryk Sienkiewicz
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culture.pl: With Fire and Sword – Henryk Sienkiewicz
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2020· 1 entry
Onet Wiadomosci: Henryk Sienkiewicz - życiorys, dzieła, życia prywatne
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2019· 1 entry
Wyborcza: Henryk Sienkiewicz w oczach prawnuka Bartłomieja: Niezbyt katolicki i niezbyt narodowy, zaskakująco nowoczesny
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1973· 5 entries
“La stupidità non è per nulla diversa dall'intelligenza, non ne differisce assolutamente. (1973, p. 7)”
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“Il mondo è retto da Dio, non da Nerone. (1973, p. 32)”
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“Per quanto la vita possa essere ingrata, la gioventù è un dono che non verrà mai sottratto. (1973, p. 18)”
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“Il mondo intero si affida all'inganno. E d'altronde, la vita stessa non è forse illusione? (1973, p. 8)”
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“[Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo vadis?, a cura di Riccardo Mainardi, Aldo Garzanti Editore, 1973]”
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1966· 1 entry
Is in his birthplace: the Henryk Sienkiewicz Museum in Wola Okrzejska
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1924· 1 entry
After Poland had regained her independence, Sienkiewicz's remains were repatriated to Warsaw, Poland, and placed in the crypt of St
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1916· 29 entries
Died 1916-11-15.
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“Dziwne materii pomieszanie.”
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“Częstokroć mąż i żona przystają do siebie, jak dwie spaczone deski, a jednak jakoś to idzie…”
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“Gdy na zamężną kobietę pada podejrzenie, że należy do kogo innego, cały świat urządza na nią jedną wielką obławę, często pełną bezmyślnego okrucieństwa.”
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“Nie może być nic bardziej gnębiącego dla człowieka, który prawdziwie kocha, jak to poczucie, że przynosi zło i szkodzi istocie kochanej.”
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“Wola ludzka kończy się tam – gdzie zaczyna się miłość (…).”
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“W polu grała mu bylica, w sadku pod chałupą ćwirkotały wróble, aż się wiśnie trzęsły! Wieczorami słuchiwał wszystkich głosów, jakie są na wsi, i pewno myślał sobie, że cała wieś gra. Jak posłali go do roboty, żeby gnój rozrzucał, to mu nawet wiatr grał w widłach.”
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“Mieczów ci u nas dostatek, ale i te przyjmuję jako wróżbę zwycięstwa, którą mi sam Bóg przez wasze ręce zsyła.”
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“Historii Stanów Zjednoczonych szukaj w Waszyngtonie; w Nowym Jorku masz tylko kupców. Handel, handel i handel, business i business, oto, co widzisz od rana do wieczora, o czym ustawicznie słyszysz i czytasz.”
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“Kuchnia amerykańska jest najbardziej niegodziwą kuchnią na świecie. Nie chodzi jej o to wcale, żebyś zjadł zdrowo i dobrze, ale o to, byś zjadł jak najprędzej i mógł wrócić do business; wszystko więc obliczone jest na łapu capu i tylko wieczorne obiady podają ci cokolwiek staranniej, wieczorem bowiem wszelki business kończy się wraz z uderzeniem piątej godziny.”
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“Boże, Ty to widzisz i nie grzmisz?”
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“Ale jak sobie co baby wbiją w głowę, obcęgami nie wyciągniesz.”
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“Cóż bowiem są smutki, jeśli nie myszy, które gryzą ziarna wesołości złożone w naszych sercach?”
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“Postać: Bogusław Radziwiłł”
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“Postać: Augustyn Kordecki”
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“Opis: przed swoją śmiercią w 1916.”
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“Postać: Petroniusz do Winicjusza.”
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“Biada narodom, które kochają więcej wolność niż ojczyznę!”
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“Boć przecież, zaiste, pisma nie na to istnieją, byśmy ich szpaltami łatali nasze miłości własne.”
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“Opis: cel napisania Trylogii.”
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“Dobroć serca jest tym, czym ciepło słońca: ona daje życie.”
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“(…) gdy się czasem Polka Panu Bogu uda, to już, mówiąc po prostu, klękajcie narody!”
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“Gdy się ktoś zaczyta, zawsze albo się czegoś nauczy, albo zapomni o tym, co mu dolega, albo zaśnie – w każdym razie wygra.”
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“Gdyby cnota opalała płeć jak słońce, kobiety zasłaniałyby się i od cnoty parasolkami.”
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“Gdyby przyszedł jaki genialny matematyk, obliczył by ją wam na pieniądze – i dopiero wzięlibyście się za głowy, co to za bogactwo!”
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“Gdzie indziej szewc zazdrości szewcowi, a malarz malarzowi. U nas szewc zazdrości malarzowi.”
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“Opis: przed królem Oskarem II, w czasie uroczystości odbioru Nagrody Nobla w Sztokholmie.”
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“Głowa mędrca, śpiąca na piersiach kobiety, to największy tryumf miłości.”
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“Opis: zakończenie noweli.”
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1915· 1 entry
“[Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo vadis? Narrazione del tempo di Nerone, traduzione di Paolo Valera, Milano, Soc. Ed. Sonzogno, 1915]”
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1911· 1 entry
Was much better received and became widely popular among children and young adults
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1907· 1 entry
Amid German attempts to expropriate Polish land, he appealed to the global intellectual community for support
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1905· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature — because of his outstanding merits as an epic writer.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature (1905).
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Won the Nobel Prize for his lifetime achievements as an epic writer
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Received the most prestigious award in the world of literature, the Nobel Prize, after having been nominated in that year by Hans Hildebrand, member of the Swedish Academy
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1903· 1 entry
“Opis: w odpowiedzi na ankietę „Kuriera Teatralnego” w 1903 dotyczącej oceny repertuaru modernistycznego.”
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1901· 2 entries
Expressed support of Września schoolchildren who were protesting the banning of the Polish language
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“Es behauptete einmal jemand, daß, wofern ein Mann sich irre und sage, daß zweimal zwei fünf sei, dieser Fehler wieder berichtigt werden könne. wenn aber eine Frau sich irre und erkläre, zweimal zwei sei eine Lampe, dann könne man mit dem Kopf durch die Wand rennen, und es nütze doch nichts." - Ohne Dogma, Roman. Stuttgart und Leipzig DVA 2. Auflage 1901, S. 37 books.google”
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1900· 1 entry
With a three-year delay due to the approaching centenary of Mickiewicz's birth, Sienkiewicz celebrated his own quarter-century, begun in 1872, as a writer
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1898· 1 entry
“Opis: w liście do przyjaciela z 1898.”
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1895· 1 entry
“Quo Vadis : A Narrative of the Time of Nero (1895) as translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin”
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1893· 2 entries
“Listy z Afryki, 1893; перевод: В. М. Лавров, 1894”
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Wrote that novels should strengthen and ennoble life, rather than undermining and debasing it
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1892· 2 entries
Sienkiewicz signed an agreement for another novel, Rodzina Połanieckich (Children of the Soil), which was serialized in The Polish Gazette from 1893 and came out in book form in 1894
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Maria Romanowska-Wołodkowicz, stepdaughter of a wealthy Odessan, entered his life
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1891· 2 entries
His novel Without dogma (Bez Dogmatu), previously serialized in 1889–90 in The Word, was published in book form
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“Bez dogmatu (1891); translated by Iza Young as Without Dogma : A Novel of Modern Poland (1893) - Full text online”
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1887· 2 entries
The third volume of his Trilogy appeared – Pan Wołodyjowski (Sir Michael) – running in The Word from May 1887 to May 1888
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But remaining editor of the paper's literary section until 1892
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1886· 1 entry
Visited Constantinople; in 1888, Spain
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1884· 1 entry
Sienkiewicz accompanied his wife Maria to foreign sanatoriums
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1881· 1 entry
Published a favorable review of the first collected edition of works by Bolesław Prus
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1880· 1 entry
Sienkiewicz wrote a historical novella, Niewola tatarska (Tartar Captivity)
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1879· 1 entry
The first collected edition of Sienkiewicz's works was published, in four volumes; the series would continue until 1917, ending with a total of 17 volumes
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1878· 1 entry
Would sell his share in the magazine)
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1877· 1 entry
Publishing Szkice węglem (Charcoal Sketches) in The Polish Gazette
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1876· 1 entry
Sienkiewicz went to the United States with Helena Modrzejewska (soon to become famous in the U
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1874· 1 entry
Sienkiewicz was briefly engaged to Maria Keller, and traveled abroad to Brussels and Paris
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1873· 1 entry
Began writing a column, "Bez tytułu" ("Without a title"), in The Polish Gazette; in 1874 a second column, "Sprawy bieżące" ("Current matters"), for Niwa; and in 1875 the third column, "Chwila obecna" ("The present mom
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1872· 1 entry
Had debuted as a fiction writer with his short novel Na Marne ("In Vain"), published in the magazine Wieniec ("Garland")
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1871· 1 entry
Though he failed to receive a diploma because he did not pass the examination in Ancient Greek language
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1869· 1 entry
Debuted as a journalist; Przegląd Tygodniowy (1866–1904) ("The Weekly Review") ran his review of a play on 18 April 1869, and shortly afterward The Illustrated Weekly printed an essay of his about the late-Renaissance
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1868· 1 entry
When he became a private tutor to the princely Woroniecki family
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1867· 1 entry
Wrote a rhymed piece, "Sielanka Młodości" ("Idyll of Youth"), which was rejected by Tygodnik Illustrowany ("The Illustrated Weekly")
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1866· 1 entry
Received his secondary-school diploma
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1861· 1 entry
Having bought a tenement house (kamienica) in eastern Warsaw's Praga district
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1846· 1 entry
Born 1846-05-05.
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