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Henning Mankell (born February 3, 1948) is an internationally known Swedish author of crime fiction, children's books as well as plays. He is best known for the character Kurt Wallander.

Mankell was born in Stockholm, and grew up in the Swedish towns of Sveg (Härjedalen) and BorÃ¥s (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 1985 he founded the Avenida Theater in Maputo, Mozambique, where he spends much of his time and gets inspiration for his work. 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.

Bibliography

Crime Fiction

Kurt Wallander

Linda Wallander

Others

Other fiction

  • Vettvillingen (1977)
  • FÃ¥ngvÃ¥rdskolonin som försvann (1979)
  • Dödsbrickan (1980)
  • En seglares död (1981)
  • Daisy Sisters (1982)
  • Sagan om Isidor (1984)
  • Leopardens öga (1990; English translation: The Eye of the Leopard, 2007)
  • Comédia infantil (1995; English translation: Chronicler of the Winds, 2006)
  • Vindens son (2000)
  • Tea-Bag (2001; English translation: Tea-Bag, 2001)
  • Djup (2004; English translation: Depths, 2006)
  • Italienska skor (2006; English translationItalian Shoes, 2006)

Children's books

Joel Gustafsson series

  • A Bridge to the Stars — 2005 (Hunden som sprang mot en stjärna — 1990)
  • Shadows in Twilight — 2007 (Skuggorna växer i skymningen — 1991)
  • When the Snow Fell — 2007
  • A Journey to the End of the World — 2008

Plays

  • Bergsprängaren (1973)
  • SandmÃ¥laren (1974)
  • Vettvillingen (1977)
  • FÃ¥ngvÃ¥rdskolonin som försvann (1979)
  • Dödsbrickan (1980)
  • En seglares död (1981)
  • Daisy Sisters (1982)
  • Apelsinträdet (1983)
  • Älskade syster (1983)
  • Sagan om Isidor (1984)
  • Katten som älskade regn (1992)
  • Pojken som sov med snö i sin säng (1996)
  • Resan till värdens ände (1998)
  • I sand och i lera (1999)
  • Labyrinten (2000)
  • Eldens gÃ¥ta (2001)
  • Tea-Bag (2001)
  • Jag dör, men minnet lever (2003)
  • Italienska skor (2006)

Awards and honours

  • 1991 - Swedish Crime Writers' Academy Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year: Faceless Killers
  • 1991 - The Nils Holgersson Prize: A Bridge to the Stars
  • 1992 - The Glass Key Award For Best Nordic Crime Novel: Faceless Killers
  • 1995 - Swedish Crime Writers' Academy Award for Best Crime Novel: Sidetracked
  • 2001 - Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year: Sidetracked
  • 2005 - Gumshoe Award for Best European Crime Novel: The Return of the Dancing Master

Kurt Wallander

Kurt Wallander is a fictional police inspector living and working in Ystad, 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, the 2001 CWA Gold Dagger for Sidetracked, and the Gumshoe Award for Best European Crime Novel for The Return of the Dancing Master. The final book, The Pyramid (short stories) (not yet translated into English), is a collection of short stories about Wallander's past.

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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1910s  1920s  1930s  - 1940s -  1950s  1960s  1970s
1945 1946 1947 - 1948 - 1949 1950 1951

Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII
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Motto
(Royal) "För Sverige - I tiden" 1
"For Sweden – With the Times" Â²
Anthem
Du gamla, Du fria
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“Murder mystery” redirects here. For other uses, see Murder mystery (disambiguation).


Crime fiction is the genre of fiction that deals with crimes, their detection, criminals, and their motives.
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play or stageplay, written by a playwright, or dramatist, is a form of literature, almost always consisting of dialogue between characters, intended for performance rather than reading.
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Kurt Wallander is a fictional Swedish police inspector created by author Henning Mankell. The protagonist of many of Mankell's novels, he lives and works in the town of Ystad, outside the city of Malmö in the southern province of Skåne, Sweden.
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City of Stockholm
Stockholms stad

Coat of arms
Location of Stockholm in northern Europe
Coordinates:
Country Sweden
Municipality
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Sveg is a town in Härjedalen and the seat of Härjedalen Municipality, Jämtland County, north central Sweden

It is situated by the Ljusnan River and has a population of about 3,900 in 2006.

Sveg is the native town of the Swedish author Henning Mankell.
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Härjedalen   (help info ) , is a historical province or landskap in the centre of Sweden.
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BorÃ¥s [buˈroːs] is a city in the traditional province of Västergötland, western Sweden and the seat of BorÃ¥s Municipality, Västra Götaland County. It has a population of 100,221 (2006).
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  (help) is one of the historical provinces of Sweden (landskap), situated in the southwest of Sweden.
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Maputo, Mozambique

Location in Mozambique
Government
 - Municipal Council President Eneas Comiche
Population (2004)
 - City 1,114,000
 - Metro 1,691,000

Maputo
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Motto
none
Anthem
Pátria Amada
(formerly Viva, Viva a FRELIMO)


Capital
(and largest city) Maputo

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Eva Bergman (pronounced ˈbɛrjman in Swedish, but usually ˈbɝgmən
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Ingmar Bergman

Ingmar Bergman during production of Wild Strawberries (1957)
Birth name Ernst Ingmar Bergman
Born July 14 1918(1918--)
Uppsala, Sweden
Died
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Faceless Killers

British first edition cover
Author Henning Mankell
Original title Mördare utan ansikte
Translator Steven T. Murray
Country Sweden
Language Swedish
Series Kurt Wallander #1
Genre(s)
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The Dogs of Riga

British first edition cover
Author Henning Mankell
Original title Hundarna i Riga
Translator Laurie Thompson
Country Sweden
Language Swedish
Series Kurt Wallander #2
Genre(s)
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The White Lioness

British first edition cover
Author Henning Mankell
Original title Den vita lejoninnan
Translator Laurie Thompson
Country Sweden
Language Swedish
Series Kurt Wallander #3
Genre(s)
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The Man Who Smiled

British first edition cover
Author Henning Mankell
Original title Mannen som log
Translator Laurie Thompson
Country Sweden
Language Swedish
Series Kurt Wallander #4
Genre(s)
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Sidetracked

British first edition cover
Author Henning Mankell
Original title Villospår
Translator Steven T. Murray
Country Sweden
Language Swedish
Series Kurt Wallander #5
Genre(s) Crime, Mystery novel
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The Fifth Woman

British first edition cover
Author Henning Mankell
Original title Den femte kvinnan
Translator Steven T. Murray
Country Sweden
Language Swedish
Series Kurt Wallander #6
Genre(s)
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One Step Behind

British first edition cover
Author Henning Mankell
Original title Steget efter
Translator Ebba Segerberg
Country Sweden
Language Swedish
Series Kurt Wallander #7
Genre(s)
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Firewall
Author Henning Mankell
Original title Brandvägg
Translator Ebba Segerberg
Country Sweden
Language Swedish
Series Kurt Wallander #8
Genre(s) Crime novel
Publisher Harvill Secker
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The Pyramid (orig. Swedish Pyramiden) is a collection of five short stories by Swedish crime fiction author Henning Mankell, published in 1999. It features his best known character, police inspector Kurt Wallander.
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Before the Frost
Author Henning Mankell
Original title Innan frosten
Translator Ebba Segerberg
Country Sweden
Language Swedish
Series Linda Wallander, #1
Genre(s) Crime novel
Publisher Harvill Secker
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The Return of the Dancing Master

British first edition cover
Author Henning Mankell
Original title Danslärarens återkomst
Translator Laurie Thompson
Country Sweden
Language Swedish
Genre(s)
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Kennedy's Brain
Author Henning Mankell
Original title Kennedys hjärna
Translator Laurie Thompson
Country Sweden
Language Swedish
Genre(s) Thriller/Crime novel
Publisher Harvill Secker
Publication date 2005 (orig.
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Chronicler of the Winds

British first edition cover
Author Henning Mankell
Original title Comédia infantil
Translator Tiina Nunnally
Country Sweden
Language Swedish
Genre(s) Literature/Fable novel
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Depths
Author Henning Mankell
Original title Djup
Translator Laurie Thompson
Country Sweden
Language Swedish
Genre(s) Novel
Publisher Harvill Secker
Publication date 2004
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Secrets in the Fire

Author Henning Mankell
Translator Anne Connie Stuksrud
Country Sweden
Language Swedish
Genre(s) Novel
Publisher Allen & Unwin (Eng. trans.
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