Henning Mankell
Born 3 February 1948 · Died October 5, 2015
From Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden · Nationality: Sweden · Writes fiction
Henning Mankell was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of a judge. He grew up in the towns of Sveg and Borås. His grandfather, also called Henning Mankell (1868–1930), was a well-known composer. At the age of 20, Mankell was the assistant director at the Riks Theater in Stockholm, and he was also writing. In the 1970s he moved to Norway, where he lived with a woman who was a member of the Maoist Communist Labour Party, although he never officially joined the Party. He moved to Africa and lived in several African countries, and in 1985 he founded the Avenida Theater in Maputo, Mozambique, where he continues to spend about half of every year. In 1997 he began his most well-known series of novels, a series of murder mysteries set in Ystad, Sweden, featuring the police detective Kurt Wallander. He also established a publishing house, Leopard Förlag, to publish young talents from both Africa and Sweden. He is married to Eva Bergman, daughter of Ingmar Bergman.
Quotes
“She expressed herself clearly, as only people who talk a lot to themselves can.”
Depths “The supernatural was shadows dancing in the remains of a childhood fear of the dead.”
Depths
Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Books by Henning Mankell in order
Books by Henning Mankell in the order they were published, from A Bridge to the Stars (1992) to An Event in Autumn (2013).
- 1A Bridge to the Stars
A Bridge to the Stars1992 - 2The Dogs of Riga
The Dogs of Riga1992 - 3Faceless Killers
Faceless Killers1993 - 4Chronicler of the Winds
Chronicler of the Winds1995 - 5Secrets in the Fire
Secrets in the Fire1995 - 6Sidetracked
Sidetracked1995 - 7The Fifth Woman
The Fifth Woman1996 - 8The White Lioness
The White Lioness1996 - 9One Step Behind
One Step Behind1997 - 10Shadows in Twilight
Shadows in Twilight1997 - 11Firewall
Firewall1998 - 12The Pyramid
The Pyramid1999What's in it (5)
- Wallander's First Case
- The Man with the Mask
- The Man on the Beach
- The Death of the Photographer
- The Pyramid
- 13The Man Who Smiled
The Man Who Smiled2001 - 14The Return of the Dancing Master
The Return of the Dancing Master2001 - 15The Shadow Girls
The Shadow Girls2001 - 16Before the Frost
Before the Frost2002 - 17Depths
Depths2004 - 18The Eye of the Leopard
The Eye of the Leopard2004 - 19Kennedy's Brain
Kennedy's Brain2005 - 20Italian Shoes
Italian Shoes2007 - 21Kinesen
Kinesen2008 - 22The Troubled Man
The Troubled Man2009 - 23A Treacherous Paradise
A Treacherous Paradise2011 - 24An Event in Autumn
An Event in Autumn2013