Henning Mankell

Snow, deep snow, is one of Henning Mankell’s first memories. Later in life, after choosing to divide his time between Mozambique and Sweden, Henning states:
“I stand with one foot in the snow and one foot in the sand.”

Henning Mankell’s first novel was published in 1973. The same year he went to Africa for the first time. Today Henning Mankell has written more than 40 novels that have sold more than 40 million copies worldwide.


"I don’t know why, but when I stepped out of the plane in Africa I had the odd feeling of coming home". The first time Henning ...
The Swedish movies portraying inspector Kurt Wallander have been filmed at various occasions. Wallander has been portrayed by Krister Henriksson, Rolf Lassgård and Gustaf Skarsgård ...

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2013-06-18

A visit to Wallander land

At the same time as the filmatization of The Troubled Man premieres in the UK, The Mirror visits ”the captial of crime” – Ystad – ...

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2013-06-05

A Treacherous Paradise in stores in US and UK this summer

Mankell’s latest novel, A Treacherous Paradise, will be released on June 6th in UK and has already received some very good reviews. ”This powerful work boasts ...

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