Polish literature

3. HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ
Also known by the pseudonym "Litwos" born 5 May 1846.Was
a Polish journalist, novelist and Nobel Prize laureate. He is
best remembered for his historical novels, especially for his
internationally known best-seller Quo Vadis (1896).
In Poland he is best known for his "Trilogy" of historical
novels – With Fire and Sword, The Deluge, and Sir-
Michael.Internationally he is best known for Quo Vadis, set in
Nero's Rome. The Trilogy and Quo Vadis have been filmed
1951 receiving the most international recognition.

4. ADAM MICKIEWICZ
Adam Mickiewicz is one of the
best leading polish poet. After
deportation to Russia,
Mickiewicz was in jail in Wilno,
Petersburg, Odessa and Krym.
In september 1855 Mickiewicz
left for Konstantynopol
because he wanted to created
polish affiliate fighting against
Russian. He died in this city.
His ashes rest in the basement
of the cathedral on Wawel in
Kraków. Some of his the best
pieces are: „Pan Tadeusz”, „
Dziady” , „Konrad Wallenrod”
any many sonnets.

5. BOLESŁAW PRUS
His real name is Aleksander Głowacki.He is a famous writer
and columnist. He took part in the January Uprising. He
was hurt and to hospital, latter to prision. He held many
travel over Poland and one trip abroad to Paris. He wrote
many novels and tales – „Faraon”, „Katarynka”, „Lalka”.
During his trips he was helping deprived, mainly striking
workers. He died in 1912 in Warsaw. He was buried in
Warsaw’s Powązki cementery.

6. WŁADYSŁAW REYMONT
WŁADYSŁAW REYMONT - Was a Polish
novelist and the 1924 laureate of the
Nobel Prize in Literature. His best-known
work is the award-winning four-volume
novel The Peasants.
He had eight siblings.
Promised Land, one of his most famous
novels was translated into at least 15
languages and two film adaptations.
In Łódź, there is a statue of Reymont
erected in his honor
He died in Warsaw in December 1925
and was buried in the Powązki Cemetery.
The urn holding his heart was laid in a
pillar of the Holy Cross Church in
Warsaw.

7. CZESŁAW MIŁOSZ
CZESŁAW MIŁOSZ-Was a Polish poet,
prose writer, translator and diplomat.
His books have been translated into
44 languages.
He introduced to the Polish literature
a new literary genre - a poetic
treatise.
In 1977 he had been given an
honorary doctorate by the
University of Michigan
In 1978 he received the Neustadt
International Prize for Literature.
In 1980 Miłosz received the Nobel
Prize in Literature.
Died 14 August 2004 (aged 93).

10. Typically, the Polish letters are alphabetical, have, or
have been written with softening, si, zi, because they
lacked characters in the Latin alphabet. Initially, one
Latin sign reflected up to four Polish sounds, so medieval
writers began to create special combinations of Latin
letters. However, this solution turned out to be
insufficient, and that is why they finally started to add to
them crescents or petioles, i. e. distinguishing
(diacritical) signs. Most of these signs have been
accepted and have survived to this day. However, it is
worth knowing that once "ę" was written as crossed out
"e" or "e" with a circle at the top.

11. COULD YOU REPEAT ???
The Polish language is famous for its difficult expressions and
phrases. Do you know how to repeat several of them?

12. Jajecznica ze szczypiorkiem

13. Barszcz z uszkami

14. Korale koloru koralowego

15. Chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie