Henryk Sienkiewicz

Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916) was a Polish epic writer best known for his historical novels, including the "Trilogy" (With Fire and Sword, The Deluge, Sir Michael) set in the 17th-century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the international bestseller Quo Vadis, set in Nero's Rome.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_Sienkiewicz. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905 for his outstanding merits as an epic writer and used his fame to advocate for Polish causes amid partitions.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_Sienkiewicz.