Sienkiewicz

[ shen-kye-vich; English shen-kyey-vich ]

/ ʃɛnˈkyɛ vɪtʃ; English ʃɛnˈkyeɪ vɪtʃ /

noun

Hen·ryk

[hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/,1846–1916, Polish novelist: Nobel prize 1905.

Example sentences from the Web for sienkiewicz

But when a man has a name like Sienkiewicz, the task is not an easy one.

Peeps at People |John Kendrick Bangs
"Thank you," I said, with polite irony, though I didn't agree with her about Sienkiewicz' great work.

A New Sensation |Albert Ross
Sienkiewicz is undoubtedly one of the greatest living masters of the realistic novel.

Essays on Modern Novelists |William Lyon Phelps
Sienkiewicz described the first Christians as being such men.

The Religious Spirit of the Slavs (1916) |Nikolai Velimirovic

Sienkiewicz is indeed a mighty man—someone has ironically called him a literary blacksmith.

Essays on Modern Novelists |William Lyon Phelps

British Dictionary definitions for sienkiewicz

Sienkiewicz

/ (Polish ʃɛŋˈkjɛvitʃ) /

noun

Henryk (ˈxɛnrik). 1846–1916, Polish novelist. His best-known works are Quo Vadis? (1896), set in Nero's Rome, and the war trilogy With Fire and Sword (1884), The Deluge (1886), and Pan Michael (1888), set in 17th-century Poland: Nobel prize for literature 1905

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