Henryk Sienkiewicz

Henryk Sienkiewicz (5 May 1846-15 November 1916) was a Polish journalist, Nobel Prize-winning novelist, and philanthropist. He is best remembered for his historical novels.

In the 1880s he began serializing novels that further increased his popularity. He soon became one of the most popular Polish writers of the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and numerous translations gained him international renown, culminating in his receipt of the 1905 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "outstanding merits as an epic writer."

Many of his novels remain in print. Internationally he is best known for Quo Vadis, set in Nero's Rome. Quo Vadis has been filmed several times, with Hollywood's 1951 version receiving the most international recognition.