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For the composer (1868–1930), see Henning Mankell (composer).
Henning Mankell 
Mankell in New York in 2011Born February 3, 1948
Stockholm, SwedenOccupation Novelist, Playwright, Publisher Nationality Swedish Genres Crime fiction
ThrillerNotable work(s) The Kurt Wallander novels.
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henningmankell.comHenning Mankell (born 3 February 1948) is a Swedish crime writer, children's author, leftist activist and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most famous creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander.
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Life and career
Mankell was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and grew up in Sveg (Härjedalen) and Borås (Västergötland). Mankell's father, Ivar, was a judge and his grandfather, also named Henning Mankell (1868–1930), was a composer. At the age of 20 he had already started a career as author and assistant director at the Riksteater in Stockholm. In the following years he collaborated with several theatres in Sweden.
In his youth Mankell was a left-wing political activist and a strong opponent of the 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 Labour Party of Norway. Mankell took part in the party's activities but did not join the party.[1]
After living in Zambia and other African countries, Henning Mankell was invited to become the artistic director of Teatro Avenida in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. He now spends at least half the year in Maputo working with the theatre and writing. 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 kronor 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 charitable causes.
Mankell developed two original stories for the German police series 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]
Political views
"What would Europe have been without Islamic culture? Nothing."
“”Mankell participated in the Protests of 1968 in Sweden, protesting against, among other things, the Vietnam War, the Portuguese Colonial War and the Apartheid regime in South Africa. Furthermore, he got involved with the society Folket i Bild/Kulturfront which focused on cultural policy studies. During his stay in Norway in the 1970s, he got in contact with the far-left Norwegian Workers' Communist Party (AKP-ml) and took an active part in their actions.[7] In 2002 he gave financial support by buying stocks for 50,000 NOK in the Norwegian left-wing newspaper Klassekampen.[8][9]
In 2009, Mankell was a guest at a Palestinian literary conference. Thereafter, he claimed to have seen "repetition of the despicable Apartheid system that once treated Africans and coloured as second-class citizens in their own country". He also found a resemblance between the Israeli West Bank barrier and the Berlin Wall. Considering the environment the Palestinian people live in, he continued, it is not astonishing that "some decide to become suicide bombers....it is strange that there are not more of them". "The Israelis" would "destroy lives" and the Israeli State is not to have a future in its current form, as a two-state solution would not reverse the "historical occupation". He claimed not to have encountered antisemitism during his journey, just "hatred against the occupants that is completely normal and understandable".[10]
In 2008, speaking about nationalism and Norway, he stated that "Nationalism is almost spiteful in nature. It can sometimes be glimpsed as something brown behind the waving Norwegian flags."[11]
Gaza flotilla
Henning Mankell in 2009.
Henning Mankell was on board the MS Sofia, one of the boats which took part in the flotilla which tried to break the Israeli embargo of the Gaza strip.[12] Following the Israel Defence Forces' boarding of the flotilla on the morning of May 31, 2010, Mankell was deported to Sweden. He subsequently called for global sanctions against Israel.[13] He is currently considering halting the Hebrew translations of his books.[14]
Mankell will be one of twenty Swedish participants in "Freedom Flotilla 2",[15] expected to sail to Gaza in June 2011.[16]
Bibliography
Crime fiction
Kurt Wallander
Kurt Wallander is a fictional police inspector living and working in Ystad,[17] Sweden. In the novels, he solves shocking murders with his colleagues. The novels have an underlying question: "What went wrong with Swedish society?"[citation needed] The series has won many awards, including the German Crime Prize and the British 2001 CWA Gold Dagger for Sidetracked. The ninth book, The Pyramid, is a prequel: a collection of five novellas (Wallander's First Case, The Man with the Mask, The Man on the Beach, The Death of the Photographer, The Pyramid) about Wallander's past, with the last one ending just before the start of Faceless Killers. Ten years after The Pyramid, Mankell published another Wallander novel, The Troubled Man, which he said would definitely be the last in the series.[18]
- Mördare utan ansikte (1991; English translation by Steven T. Murray: Faceless Killers, 1997)
- Hundarna i Riga (1992; English translation by Laurie Thompson: The Dogs of Riga, 2001)
- Den vita lejoninnan (1993; English translation by Laurie Thompson: The White Lioness, 1998)
- Mannen som log (1994; English translation by Laurie Thompson: The Man Who Smiled, 2005)
- Villospår (1995; English translation by Steven T. Murray: Sidetracked, 1999)
- Den femte kvinnan (1996; English translation by Steven T. Murray: The Fifth Woman, 2000)
- Steget efter (1997; English translation by Ebba Segerberg: One Step Behind, 2002)
- Brandvägg (1998; English translation by Ebba Segerberg: Firewall, 2002)
- Pyramiden (1999; short stories; English translation by Ebba Segerberg with Laurie Thompson: The Pyramid, 2008)
- Den orolige mannen (2009; English translation by Laurie Thompson: The Troubled Man, 2011)[19][20]
Linda Wallander
- Innan frosten (2002; English translation by Ebba Segerberg: Before the Frost, 2005)
Others
- Danslärarens återkomst (2000; English translation by Laurie Thompson: The Return of the Dancing Master, 2004)
- Kennedys hjärna (2007; English translation by Laurie Thompson: Kennedy's Brain, 2007- U.S. Release)
- Kinesen (2007; English translation by Laurie Thompson: The Man from Beijing, 2010)
Other fiction
- Vettvillingen (1977)
- Fångvårdskolonin som försvann (1979)
- Dödsbrickan (1980)
- En seglares död (1981)
- Daisy Sisters (1982)
- Sagan om Isidor (1984)
- Leopardens öga (1990); English translation by Steven T. Murray: The Eye of the Leopard, (2008)
- Comédia infantil (1995); English translation by Tiina Nunnally: Chronicler of the Winds, (2006)
- Vindens son (2000); English translation by Steven T. Murray: Daniel (2010)
- Tea-Bag (2001)
- Djup (2004); English translation by Laurie Thompson: Depths, (2006)
- Italienska skor (2006); English translation by Laurie Thompson: Italian Shoes, (2009)
Children's books
Books about Sofia
- Secrets in the Fire — 2000 (Eldens hemlighet, 1995 )
- Playing with Fire — 2002 (Eldens gåta, 2001)
- The Fury in the Fire – 2009 (Eldens vrede, 2005)
Joel Gustafsson series
- A Bridge to the Stars — 2005 (Hunden som sprang mot en stjärna — 1990)
- Shadows in the Twilight — 2007 (Skuggorna växer i skymningen — 1991)
- When the Snow Fell — 2007 (Pojken som sov med snö i sin säng – 1996)
- The Journey to the End of the World — 2008 (Resan till världens ände – 1998)
For younger children
- The Cat Who Liked Rain – 2007
Film and television
Mankell has also written original screenplays for television.
- Unnamed Ingmar Bergman docudrama (2012) TV mini-series[21]
- Talismanen (2003) TV mini-series (Co-written with Jan Guillou)
- Labyrinten (2000) TV mini-series
- Etterfølgeren (1997)[22]
Plays
- Bergsprängaren (1973)
- Sandmålaren (1974) – Sand painter
- Vettvillingen (1977) – The Maniac
- Fångvårdskolonin som försvann (1979)
- Dödsbrickan (1980)
- En seglares död (1981) – Death of a Sailor
- Daisy Sisters (1982)
- Apelsinträdet (1983) – The Orange Tree
- Älskade syster (1983) – Beloved Sister
- Sagan om Isidor (1984) Isidor's Saga
- Katten som älskade regn (1992) The Cat that Loved Rain
- Pojken som sov med snö i sin säng (1996) – The Boy Who Slept with Snow in His Bed
- Resan till värdens ände (1998) – Journey to The End of the World
- I sand och i lera (1999) – In Sand and Mud
- Labyrinten (2000) – The Labyrinth
- Eldens gåta (2001) – Fire Riddle
- Tea-Bag (2001)
- Jag dör, men minnet lever (2003) – I Die, but the Memory Lives
- Italienska skor (2006) – Italian shoes
- Politik (2010) – Politics
- Darwins kapten (2010) - Darwin's Captain
- In Duisternis (2010) - Time of Darkness
Plays with no release date available:
- Att Storma Himlen
- Mannen Som Byggde Kojor
- Och Sanden Ropar...
- Påläggskalven
- Svarte Petter
- Grävskopan
- Berättelser På Tidens Strand
- Den Samvetslöse Mördaren Hasse Karlsson...
- Mörkertid
- Innan Gryningen
- Lampedusa
- En Gammal Man Som Dansar
- Hårbandet
- Kakelugnen På Myren
- Antiloperna
- Valpen
- Tokfursten
- Butterfly Blues
- Möte Om Eftermiddagen
- Gatlopp
- En Höstkväll Innan Tystnaden
- Tyckte Jag Hörde Hundar
Film and television adaptations
- Wallander (1997–2007) Sveriges Television. Swedish Language
- Wallander (2005, 2009) Yellow Bird for TV4 (Sweden). Swedish language.
- Wallander (2008, 2009) Yellow Bird for BBC (UK). English language.
Awards and honours
- 1991 – Swedish Crime Writers' Academy, Best Swedish Crime Novel Award for Faceless Killers
- 1991 – The Nils Holgersson Prize for A Bridge to the Stars
- 1992 – The Glass Key Award For Best Nordic Crime Novel: Faceless Killers
- 1993 – Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for A Bridge to the Stars
- 1995 – Swedish Crime Writers' Academy, Best Swedish Crime Novel Award for Sidetracked
- 1996 - Swedish Astrid Lindgren Prize
- 2001 – Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year: Sidetracked
- 2001 - Corine Literature Prize for One Step behind
- 2005 – Gumshoe Award for Best European Crime Novel: The Return of the Dancing Master
- 2008 - Corine Literature Prize for the German Audiobook The Man from Beijing
Radio
- On imagination Henning Mankell speaks on BBC World Service - The Forum
References
- ^ Augustsson, Lars Åke (2001) (in Swedish). De svenska maoisterna. Gothenburg: Lindelöw. ISBN 91-88144-48-8.
- ^ http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2008/Title,22097,en.html
- ^ http://www.welt.de/fernsehen/article2682891/Henning-Mankell-schreibt-zwei-Tatort-Krimis.html
- ^ http://www.welt.de/die-welt/vermischtes/hamburg/article5514723/Ironie-macht-die-Dinge-oft-einfacher.html
- ^ http://www.svd.se/kulturnoje/nyheter/bergmans-liv-blir-tv-drama_3977337.svd
- ^ http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2007/08/30/510512.html
- ^ http://www.dagbladet.no/tekstarkiv/artikkel.php?id=5001010046786&tag=item&words=mankell%3Bakp
- ^ http://www.nrk.no/programmer/radioarkiv/her___na/1900095.html
- ^ http://www.klassekampen.no/30296/article/item/null/et-ensomt-fartoey
- ^ http://www.palfest.org/mankellaftonbladet.html
- ^ VG Helg, 18.10.2008.
- ^ Flood, Alison (31 May 2010). "Author Henning Mankell aboard Gaza flotilla stormed by Israeli troops". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/may/31/henning-mankell-israel-flotilla-gaza.
- ^ Robert Booth; Kate Connolly; Tom Phillips; Helena Smith (2 June 2010). "Gaza flotilla raid: 'We heard gunfire – then our ship turned into lake of blood'". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/02/gaza-flotilla-raid-gunfire-ship-blood.
- ^ http://www.swedishwire.com/politics/4841-henning-mankell-may-halt-hebrew-book-version-
- ^ "Crime writer Mankell will be on next Gaza aid flotilla". Yahoo! News. Agence France-Presse (Stockholm). 25 May 2011. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110525/wl_mideast_afp/israelconflictgazaswedenmankell. Retrieved 26 May 2011. "Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell will take part in the next international flotilla that will attempt to bring aid to Gaza at the end of June, organisers said Wednesday."
- ^ "Freedom Flotilla 2 to sail for Gaza by end of June". Almasry Alyoum. MENA. 10 May 2011. http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/431309. Retrieved 26 May 2011. "The international steering committee of Freedom Flotilla 2, a planned convoy of ships aiming to bring material and moral support to the besieged people of Gaza, announced on Tuesday that the flotilla's intended launch date is to be postponed until June."
- ^ pronounced Ue-stad ("ue" as in "muesli" and "a" as in "father" – not pronounced as in the recent 2008 UK television adaptation
- ^ Wroe, Nicholas (20 February 2010). "A Life in writing: Henning Mankell". The Guardian.
- ^ http://www.newsdesk.se/pressroom/leopard/pressrelease/view/ny-kurt-wallander-roman-slaepps-i-augusti-289969
- ^ http://svenska.yle.fi/nyheter/artikel.php?id=156906
- ^ http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/europe/mankell-to-develop-ingmar-bergman-drama/5009243.article
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0542520/
- ^ http://www.colombine.se/forfattare?query=mankell
- ^ http://www.henningmankell.se/Teater/Pjäser
External links
- Official website
- Comprehensive Henning Mankell fan site
- Henning Mankell: the artist of the Parallax View – Slavoj Zizek
- The Mirror of Crime: Henning Mankell interview at Tangled Web (5/2001)
- Der Spiegel Interview (12/2004)
- Guardian Interview (11/2003)
- "Stopped by Apartheid": article written on return from 2009 Palestine Festival of Literature
- Audio: Henning Mankell in conversation on the BBC World Service discussion show The Forum
- Henning Mankell on Gaza flotilla attack: 'I think they went out to murder, The Guardian 3 June 2010
Kurt Wallander by Henning Mankell Novels Faceless Killers · The Dogs of Riga · The White Lioness · The Man Who Smiled · Sidetracked · The Fifth Woman · One Step Behind · Firewall · The Pyramid · Before the Frost · The Troubled ManSwedish TV series
with Krister HenrikssonInnan frosten · Mastermind · TjuvenOther Wallander (Swedish film series) · Wallander (British TV series)Categories:- 1948 births
- Living people
- People from Stockholm
- Litteris et Artibus recipients
- Swedish-language writers
- Swedish crime fiction writers
- Swedish communists
- Sommar hosts
- Swedish people of German descent
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