koffanaiza1905 - Henryk Sienkiewicz - in the field of literature Henryk Sienkiewicz (pseudonym . Litwos ) lived in the 2nd half of the nineteenth century. His mother dreamed to become a doctor , but he began his studies at the University of Warsaw , Faculty of Law and the philosophical- historical , but have not graduated and began working as an editor . He traveled a lot . Tracing the letters are from the trip. The following places of residence not only sent his correspondence , but also novel. He began the work of journalism , literary and historical essays and short stories , which were a reaction to the problems in the country and abroad. They undertook a variety of matters moral , social and psychological . After returning to the country ( at age 35 ) married Mary Szetkiewiczówną . Sienkiewicz became famous primarily as the author of historical novels : With Fire and Sword , The Deluge , Quo Vadis (1896 ) , the Teutonic Knights (1900 ) and in the blank and Wilderness (1911 ) . Less successful are his novels moral : Without Dogma (1890 ) and Family Polanyetskis (1895 ) . Sienkiewicz is one of the most popular Polish writers in the world. He gained fame with the Nobel Prize , awarded in 1905 for his novel Quo Vadis .