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Sienkiewicz

American  
[shen-kye-vich, shen-kyey-vich] / ʃɛnˈkjɛ vɪtʃ, ʃɛnˈkjeɪ vɪtʃ /

noun

  1. Henryk 1846–1916, Polish novelist: Nobel Prize 1905.


Sienkiewicz British  
/ ʃɛŋˈkjɛvitʃ /

noun

  1. 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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I love the idea of investigating on deeper levels what constitutes humanity and morality,” said Sienkiewicz.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 28, 2025

Leaving are Culture Minister Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz, who spearheaded the change of management at the state TV, radio and news agency, and the minister of the interior and administration, Marcin Kierwinski.

From Seattle Times May 10, 2024

In response, the new minister of culture, Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz, dismissed on Wednesday the current heads of TVP, Polish Radio and the state news agency PAP and new management boards have been appointed.

From BBC Dec. 20, 2023

Now, the “Graphic Album” features such rock-star writers and artists as Gaiman, Margaret Atwood, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Bill Sienkiewicz and David Mack interpreting 24 Amos songs through eye-popping sequential panels.

From Washington Post Dec. 24, 2022

Sienkiewicz returned to Poland, and began his literary career; Madame Modjeska became one of the chief ornaments of the English stage for a quarter of a century.

From Essays on Modern Novelists by William Lyon Phelps

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