| Henning Mankell | |
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 Henning Mankell in 2009. |
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| Born | February 3, 1948 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Occupation | Novelist, Playwright, Publisher |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Genres | Crime
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| Notable work(s) | The Kurt Wallander novels. |
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Henning Mankell (born 3 February 1948) is a renowned Swedish crime writer, occasional children's author and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most iconic creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander.
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Mankell was born in Stockholm, and grew up in the Swedish towns of Sveg (Härjedalen) and Borås (Västergötland). Mankell's father Ivar was a judge and his grandfather, also called Henning Mankell (1868–1930), was a composer. At the age of 20 he already started a career as author and assistant director at the Riks Theater in Stockholm. In the following years he collaborated with several theaters in Sweden.
In his youth Mankell was a left-wing political activist and a strong opponent of Vietnam War, South African apartheid and Portugal's colonial war in Mozambique. In the 1970s Mankell moved from Sweden to Norway and lived with a Norwegian woman who was a member of the Maoist Communist Labor Party of Norway. Mankell took part in the party's activities but never himself joined the party.[1]
After living in Zambia and other African countries, Henning Mankell was invited to run the Teatro Avenida in the capital of Mozambique, Maputo. Since his arrival he spends at least half the year in Maputo working with the theatre and writing. In 1985 he founded the Avenida Theater in Maputo, Mozambique. Recently he built up his own publishing house (Leopard Förlag) in order to support young talents from Africa and Sweden.
He is married to Eva Bergman, daughter of Ingmar Bergman. On 12 June 2008 he was awarded an honorary Doctorate from the University of St Andrews in Scotland.[2]
Mankell recently donated 15 million Swedish kronas to SOS Children's Villages for a village for homeless children in Mozambique. Mankell has said he's giving away half of his income to charity causes.
Mankell developed two original stories for German cop show Tatort. Actor Axel Milberg, who portrays Inspector Klaus Borowski, had asked Mankell to contribute to the show as the two were promoting The Chinaman audio book, a project that Milberg had worked on. The episodes will be broadcast in Germany in 2010. [3] [4]
Mankell is set to work on a screenplay for Sveriges Television about his father-in-law, the famous movie and theatre director Ingmar Bergman during 2010 and the series will be produced in four one-hour episodes. Production is planned for 2011. Mankell pitched the project to Sveriges Television and will include international co-producers/financiers. [5]
Kurt Wallander is a fictional police inspector living and working in Ystad[6]Sweden. In the novels, he solves shocking murders with his colleagues. The novels have an underlying question: "What went wrong with Swedish society?" The series has won many awards, including the German Crime Prize and the British 2001 CWA Gold Dagger for Sidetracked. The most recent book, The Pyramid, is a collection of short stories about Wallander's past. In an interview about the new British adaptations starring Kenneth Branagh, Mankell recently conceded that he had in fact begun work on a new Wallander novel.
Mankell has also written original screenplays for television.
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   | Comprehensive Henning Mankell fan site - Inspector-Wallander.org, Kurt Wallander & Henning Mankell Fan Site |
| | ''Guardian'' Interview (11/2003) - Profile: Henning Mankell | Books | The Guardian |
| | Henning Mankell: the artist of the Parallax View - Slavoj Zizek - Slavoj Zizek-Bibliography/Henning Mankell, the Artist of the Parallax View/Lacan Dot Com |
| | http://sosmag.se/index.php/books-and-film/book-review/"Review">of Return of the Dancing Master" - The Scandinavian Insider - Books and Film - Return of the Dancing Master-by Henning Mankell, translated by Laurie Thompson Harvill, (2005) |
| | Wallander Effect - The Scandinavian Insider - Books and Film - Can Ystad cut it? |
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