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LITERATURE

Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz

He was born in 1846, Switzerland and he studied Warsaw

He started working as a journalist in 1871.He travelled U.S.A for a job then he published travel essay ‘’American Journey of Letter’’ that won him popularity with Polish readers (1876)

In 1880s his trilogy novels increased his popularity.His trilogy contain ‘’with Fire and Sword’’, ‘’The Deluge’’ and ‘’Fire in Steppe’’.

In 1895 Sienkiewicz published his greatest success,Quo Vadis, a novel of Christian persecutions at the time of Nero. He won the Nobel Prize thanks to Quo Vadis .Also he is thefirst Polish writer who won the Nobel prize.He died 1916.He bequeath lots of artifact his back for us.