![]() ![]() ![]() This can be contrasted with his positive portrayal of German mercenaries in With Fire and Sword. His works were noted for their negative portrayal of the Teutonic Order in The Teutonic Knights ( Krzy?acy), which was remarkable as a significant portion of his readership lived under German rule. A Polish szlachcic (noble) of the Oszyk coat of arms, he was one of the most popular Polish writers at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905 for his "outstanding merits as an epic writer."īorn into an impoverished gentry family in the Podlasie village of Wola Okrzejska, in Russian-ruled Poland, Sienkiewicz wrote historical novels set during the Rzeczpospolita (Polish Republic, or Commonwealth). Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz ( also known as "Litwos" May 5, 1846-November 15, 1916) was a Polish journalist and Nobel Prize-winning novelist. ![]()
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