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Henryk Sienkiewicz

Born

in Wola Okrzejska, Poland

May 05, 1846

Died

November 15, 1916

Genre

History, Historical Fiction

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Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (also known as "Litwos"; May 5, 1846–November 15, 1916) was a Polish journalist and Nobel Prize-winning novelist. 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."

Born 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). His works were noted for their negative portrayal of the Teutonic Order in The Teutonic Knights (Krzyżacy), which was remarkable as a significant portion of his readership lived under German rule. M ...more

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Henryk Sienkiewicz’s books

Average rating: 3.69 · 107,611 ratings · 7,533 reviews · 1,174 distinct works • Similar authors

	Quo Vadis 4.02 avg rating — 43,132 ratings — published 1896 — 96 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	W pustyni i w puszczy 3.31 avg rating — 12,819 ratings — published 1911 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Latarnik 2.99 avg rating — 11,690 ratings — published 1881 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ogniem i mieczem (Trylogia, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 7,016 ratings — published 1884 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Potop (Trylogia, #2) 3.69 avg rating — 7,112 ratings — published 1886 — 142 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Teutonic Knights 3.40 avg rating — 6,494 ratings — published 1900 — 350 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pan Wołodyjowski (Trylogia, #3) 3.99 avg rating — 3,296 ratings — published 1886 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Potop. Tom I 3.57 avg rating — 2,337 ratings — published 1954 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Janko Muzykant 2.89 avg rating — 2,539 ratings — published 1878 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Potop. Tom II 3.81 avg rating — 1,332 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Henryk Sienkiewicz

The Trilogy - 3 book edition (3 books)
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Henryk Sienkiewicz

3.91 avg rating — 17,520 ratings

The Trilogy (6 books)
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Henryk Sienkiewicz

3.78 avg rating — 14,662 ratings

The Knights of the Cross or Krzyżacy (1 book)
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Henryk Sienkiewicz,

Miroslaw Lipinksi (Editor)

3.40 avg rating — 6,944 ratings

In Desert and Wilderness (2 books)
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Henryk Sienkiewicz,

France Vodnik (Translator),

Nikolaj Omersa (Illustrator),

Iztok Ilich (Afterword),

Marijan Tršar (Afterword)

4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings

Quotes by Henryk Sienkiewicz (?)

“But I think happiness springs from another source, a far deeper one that doesn't depend on will because it comes from love.”
― Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis

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“Nevertheless, in this sea of human wretchedness and malice there bloomed at times compassion, as a pale flower blooms in a putrid marsh.”
― Henryk Sienkiewicz, In Desert and Wilderness

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“It is not Atlas who carries the world on his shoulders, but woman; and sometimes she plays with it as with a ball.”
― Henryk Sienkjewicz

tags: atlas, ball, play, quo-vadis, shoulders, woman, women

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Polls

March 2026 Old School Classic Poll

The Iliad by Homer, 801, 614 pages

39 votes, 25.3%

The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, 1826, 558 pages

32 votes, 20.8%

Allan Quartermain by H. Rider Haggard, 1887, 284 pages

20 votes, 13.0%

Mr. Harrison's Confessions by Elizabeth Gaskell, 1851, 80 pages

19 votes, 12.3%

Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz, 1896, 589 pages

18 votes, 11.7%

The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius, 121, 288 pages

10 votes, 6.5%

The Satyricon by Petronius, 60, 272 pages

10 votes, 6.5%

Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding, 2742, 343 pages

6 votes, 3.9%

154 total votes

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