Editing Henryk Sienkiewicz (section)

== Recognition ==
[[File:Sienkiewicz in rome.JPG|thumb|Statue of author of ''[[Quo Vadis (novel)|Quo Vadis]]'', near [[Galleria Borghese|Villa Borghese]] in Rome]]
[[File:Bust of Henryk Sienkiewicz in Henryk Jordan Park.jpg|thumb|Bust of Henryk Sienkiewicz sculpted by Jósef Opala found in [[Henryk Jordan Park, Kraków]]]]
About the turn of the 20th century, Sienkiewicz was the most popular writer in Poland, and one of the most popular in Germany, France, Russia, and the English-speaking world.<ref name="psb209"/> The Trilogy went through many translations; ''With Fire and Sword'' saw at least 26 in his lifetime.<ref name="psb209"/> ''Quo Vadis'' became extremely popular, in at least 40 different language translations, including English-language editions totaling a million copies.<ref name="psb209"/> The American translator [[Jeremiah Curtin]] has been credited with helping popularize his works abroad.<ref name="KurianIII2010">{{cite book|author1=George Thomas Kurian|author2=James D. Smith III|title=The Encyclopedia of Christian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dk4G-52QT-8C&pg=PA564|access-date=28 May 2013|date=2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7283-7|page=564}}</ref> However, as Russia (of which Sienkiewicz was a citizen) was not a signatory to the [[Berne Convention]], he rarely received any [[royalties]] from the translations.<ref name="psb210"/>

Already in his lifetime his works were adapted for theatrical, operatic and musical presentations and for the emerging film industry.<ref name="psb209"/><ref name="psb214"/> Writers and poets devoted works to him, or used him or his works as inspiration.<ref name="psb210"/> Painters created works inspired by Sienkiewicz's novels, and their works were gathered in Sienkiewicz-themed albums and exhibitions.<ref name="psb209"/> The names of his characters were given to a variety of products.<ref name="psb209"/> The popularity of ''Quo Vadis'' in France, where it was the best-selling book of 1900, is shown by the fact that horses competing in a [[Grand Prix de Paris]] event were named for characters in the book.<ref name="Kulczycka-Saloni1966"/> In the United States, ''Quo Vadis'' sold 800,000 copies in eighteen months.<ref name="KurianIII2010"/> To avoid intrusive journalists and fans, Sienkiewicz sometimes traveled incognito.<ref name="psb209"/>

He was inducted into many international organizations and societies, including the Polish [[Academy of Learning]], the [[Russian Academy of Sciences]], the [[Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts]], the [[Royal Czech Society of Sciences]], and the Italian [[Academy of Arcadia]].<ref name="psb209"/> He received the French ''[[Légion d'honneur]]'' (1904),<ref name="psb210"/> [[honorary doctorate]]s from the [[Jagiellonian University]] (1900) and [[Lwów University]] (1911), and [[honorary citizenship]] of [[Lwów]] (1902).<ref name="psb210"/><ref name="psb212"/> In 1905 he received the most prestigious award in the world of literature, the Nobel Prize, after having been nominated in that year by [[Hans Hildebrand]], member of the [[Swedish Academy]].<ref name="psb210"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/archive/show.php?id=4830 |title=Nomination Database |publisher=Nobelprize.org |access-date=14 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1905/press.html |title=Award Ceremony Speech|author=C.D. af Wirsén |publisher=nobelprize.org |year=1905 |access-date=21 March 2018 }}</ref>

Named for Sienkiewicz, in Poland, are numerous streets and squares (the first street to bear his name was in Lwów, in 1907).<ref name="psb212"/><ref name="psb214"/> Named for him is [[Białystok]]'s ''[[Osiedle Sienkiewicza, Białystok|Osiedle Sienkiewicza]]''; city parks in [[Wrocław]], [[Łódź]], and [[Henryk Sienkiewicz Park in Włocławek|Włocławek]]; and over 70 schools in Poland.<ref name="psb214"/> He has statues in a number of Polish cities, including Warsaw's [[Łazienki Park]] (the first statue was erected at [[Zbaraż]], now in Ukraine),<ref name="psb214"/> and in Rome<ref>See Wikimedia Commons 26 March 2012 photo by user:Muhammad: [File:Sienkiewicz in rome.JPG].</ref> A Sienkiewcz Mound stands at [[Okrzeja]], near his birthplace, [[Wola Okrzejska]].<ref name="psb214"/> He has been featured on a number of postage stamps.<ref name="psb214"/>
[[File:Poster - Quo Vadis (1951) 01.jpg|thumb|right|Official poster for the film [[Quo Vadis (1951 film)|''Quo Vadis'']], 1951]]
There are three museums dedicated to him in Poland.<ref name="psb214"/> The first, the Henryk Sienkiewicz Museum in Oblęgorek (his residence), opened in 1958.<ref name="mnki"/> The second, founded in 1966, is in his birthplace: the Henryk Sienkiewicz Museum in Wola Okrzejska.<ref name="MUZEUM HENRYKA SIENKIEWICZA W WOLI OKRZEJSKIEJ"/> The third opened in 1978 at Poznań.<ref name="psb214"/>

In [[Rome]] (Italy), in the small church of [[Church of Domine Quo Vadis|"Domine Quo Vadis"]], there is a bronze bust of Henryk Sienkiewicz. It is said that Sienkiewicz was inspired to write his novel ''[[Quo Vadis (novel)|Quo Vadis]]'' while sitting in this church.

Outside Poland, Sienkiewicz's popularity declined beginning in the [[interbellum]], except for ''Quo Vadis'', which retained relative fame thanks to several film adaptations, including [[Quo Vadis (1951 film)|a notable American one in 1951]].<ref name="psb214"/><ref name="KurianIII2010"/> In Poland his works are still widely read; he is seen as a classic author, and his works are often required reading in schools.<ref name="psb214"/> They have also been adapted for Polish films and television series.<ref name="psb214"/>

The first critical analyses of his works were published in his lifetime.<ref name="psb211"/><ref name="psb214"/> He has been the subject of a number of biographies.<ref name="psb214"/> His works have received criticism, in his lifetime and since, as being simplistic: a view expressed notably by the 20th-century Polish novelist and dramatist [[Witold Gombrowicz]], who described Sienkiewicz as a "first-rate second-rate writer".<ref name="psb214"/><ref name="ErsoyGorny2010-166"/> [[Vasily Rozanov]] described ''Quo Vadis'' as "not a work of art", but a "crude factory-made [[oleograph]]", while [[Anton Chekhov]] called Sienkiewicz's writing "sickeningly cloying and clumsy".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tabachnikova |first1=Olga |title=Anton Chekhov Through the Eyes of Russian Thinkers: Vasilii Rozanov, Dmitrii Merezhkovskii and Lev Shestov |date=2012 |publisher=Anthem Press |isbn=9780857282279 |page=87 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dvc1DgAAQBAJ&pg=PA87 |language=en}}</ref> Nonetheless, the Polish historian of literature [[Henryk Markiewicz]], writing the ''[[Polski słownik biograficzny]]'' (Polish Biographical Dictionary) entry on Sienkiewicz (1997), describes him as a master of Polish prose, as the foremost Polish writer of historical fiction, and as Poland's internationally best-known writer.<ref name="psb214"/>