Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (also known by the pseudonym Litwos) was a Polish epic writer, born on 5 May 1846 and passed away on 15 November 1916. He was a Polish epic novelist and a Nobel laureate for Literature in 1905, celebrated for his outstanding merits as an epic writer.

Born into an impoverished Polish noble family in Russian-ruled Congress Poland, Sienkiewicz began publishing journalistic and literary pieces in the late 1860s. During the late 1870s, he traveled to the United States, which inspired travel essays that gained him popularity among Polish readers. By the 1880s, he was serializing novels that further increased his fame.

He is particularly known in Poland for his "Trilogy" of historical novels – With Fire and Sword, The Deluge, and Sir Michael – set in the 17th-century Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Internationally, he gained fame for Quo Vadis, set in Nero's Rome, which became an international best-seller. His works have been translated into numerous languages and adapted into films, with the 1951 Hollywood version of Quo Vadis receiving notable recognition.