Editing Henning Mankell

{{Short description|Swedish author (1948–2015)}}
{{about|the author|his grandfather, the composer (1868–1930)|Henning Mankell (composer)}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name        = Henning Mankell
| image       = Henning Mankell 3 2011 Shankbone.jpg
| caption     = Henning Mankell in New York City in April 2011
| pseudonym   = 
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1948|2|3|df=y}}
| birth_name  = Henning Georg Mankell
| birth_place = [[Stockholm]], Sweden
| death_date  = {{death date and age|2015|10|5|1948|2|3|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Gothenburg]], Sweden
| spouse      = {{marriage|[[Eva Bergman]]|1998}}
| children    = 4
| relatives   = [[Ingmar Bergman]] <small>(father-in-law)</small>
| occupation  = Novelist, playwright, publisher
| period      = 1991–2009 ([[Kurt Wallander]] series)
| genre       = [[Crime fiction]]<br />[[Thriller (genre)|Thriller]]
| subject     = 
| movement    = 
| notableworks = The [[Kurt Wallander]] novels
}}

'''Henning Georg Mankell''' ({{IPA|sv|ˈhɛ̂nːɪŋ ˈmǎŋːkɛl}}; 3 February 1948 – 5 October 2015) was a Swedish [[crime fiction|crime writer]], [[children's literature|children's author]], and [[playwright|dramatist]], best known for a series of [[Mystery fiction|mystery novels]] starring his most noted creation, Inspector [[Kurt Wallander]]. He also wrote a number of plays and screenplays for television.

He was a left-wing [[social critic]] and activist. In his books and plays he constantly highlighted social inequality issues and injustices in Sweden and abroad. In 2010, Mankell was on board one of the ships in the [[Gaza Freedom Flotilla]] that was boarded by Israeli commandos. He was below deck on the [[MV Mavi Marmara]] when nine civilians were killed in international waters.

Mankell shared his time between Sweden and countries in Africa, mostly Mozambique where he started a theatre. He made considerable donations to charity organizations, mostly connected to Africa.

== Life and career ==
Mankell's grandfather, also named [[Henning Mankell (composer)|Henning Mankell]], lived from 1868 to 1930 and was a composer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://henningmankell.se/Platser/Sveg/|title=Sveg|work=henningmankell.se|access-date=6 October 2015|language=sv|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006191544/http://henningmankell.se/Platser/Sveg/|archive-date=6 October 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Mankell was born in [[Stockholm]], Sweden in 1948. His father Ivar was a lawyer who divorced his mother when Mankell was one year old. He and an older sister lived with his father for most of their childhood. The family first lived in [[Sveg]], [[Härjedalen]] in northern Sweden, where Mankell's father was a district judge. In the biography on Mankell's website, he describes this time when they lived in a flat above the court as one of the happiest in his life.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://henningmankell.com/author/biography/|title=Henning Mankell: Biography|author=Henning Mankell|access-date=11 October 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015210055/http://henningmankell.com/author/biography/|archive-date=15 October 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In [[Sveg]], a museum was built in his honour during his lifetime.<ref name=obit />

Later, when Mankell was thirteen, the family moved to [[Borås]], [[Västergötland]] on the Swedish west coast near [[Gothenburg]].<ref name="bio" /> After three years he dropped out of school and went to Paris when he was 16. Shortly afterwards he joined the merchant marine, working on a [[cargo ship]] and he "loved the ship's decent hard-working community".<ref name=bio /> In 1966, he returned to Paris to become a writer. He took part in the [[May 1968 events in France|student uprising of 1968]]. He later returned to work as a stagehand in Stockholm.<ref name=obit /> At the age of 20, he had already started as author at the [[National Swedish Touring Theatre]] in Stockholm.<ref name="kultur">{{cite news|last1=Schottenius|first1=Maria|title=Henning Mankell: Det var en livskatastrof|url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/henning-mankell-det-var-en-livskatastrof/|date=27 September 2014|newspaper=[[Dagens Nyheter]]|access-date=16 February 2016}}</ref> In the following years he collaborated with several theatres in Sweden. His first play, ''The Amusement Park'' dealt with [[Swedish colonization of the Americas|Swedish colonialism in South America]].<ref name= bio /> In 1973, he published ''The Stone Blaster'', a novel about the [[Swedish labour movement]]. He used the proceeds from the novel to travel to Guinea-Bissau. Africa would later become a second home to him, and he spent a big part of his life there. When his success as a writer made it possible, he founded and ran a theatre in Mozambique.<ref name=bio />

From 1991 to 2013, Mankell wrote the books which made him famous worldwide, the Kurt Wallander mystery novels. Wallander was a fictional detective living in Ystad in southern Sweden, who supervised a squad of detectives in solving murders, some of which were bizarre. As they worked to catch a killer who had to be stopped before he could kill again, the team often worked late into the nights in a heightened atmosphere of tension and crisis. Wallander's thoughts and worries about his daughter, his health, his lack of friends and a social life, his worries about Swedish society, shared his mental life with his many concerns and worries about the case he was working. There were ten books in the series. They were translated into many languages and sold millions of copies worldwide. The series gave Mankell the freedom and wherewithal to pursue other projects which interested him.

After living in Zambia and other African countries, Mankell was invited from 1986 onward to become the artistic director of Teatro Avenida in [[Maputo]], Mozambique. He subsequently spent extended periods in Maputo working with the theatre and as a writer. He built his own publishing house, ''Leopard Förlag'', in order to support young talented writers from Africa and Sweden.<ref name="Damen">{{cite web|last = Damen|first = Jos|url = http://www.ascleiden.nl/news/henning-mankell-1948-2015-africa|title = Henning Mankell (1948–2015) & Africa|publisher = [[African Studies Centre Leiden]]|date = 16 April 2006|access-date = 8 October 2015}}</ref> His novel ''[[Chronicler of the Winds]]'', published in Sweden as ''Comédie infantil'' in 1995, reflects African problems and is based on African [[storytelling]].<ref name="Cowell">{{cite news| last = Cowell| first = Alan| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/27/books/27mank.html?oref=slogin| title = In a Break From Mystery Writing, Henning Mankell Turns to Africa| newspaper = [[The New York Times]]| date = 21 April 2006| access-date = 6 September 2015}}</ref> On 12{{nbsp}}June 2008, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate from the [[University of St Andrews]] in Scotland "in recognition of his major contribution to literature and to the practical exercise of conscience".<ref>{{cite web|
url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/05/henning-mankell-wallender-author-dies-at-67|
title=Henning Mankell, Swedish author of Wallander, dies at 67|author1=Alison Flood|author2=David Crouch|
website=[[TheGuardian.com]]|date=5 October 2015|access-date=11 October 2015}}</ref>

Around 2008, 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 when they were promoting ''[[The Man from Beijing (novel)|The Man from Beijing]]'' audiobook, a project that Milberg had worked on. The episodes were scheduled to broadcast in Germany in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.welt.de/fernsehen/article2682891/Henning-Mankell-schreibt-zwei-Tatort-Krimis.html|title=Berühmte Autoren: Henning Mankell schreibt zwei "Tatort"-Krimis – Die Welt|date=6 November 2008|work=Die Welt|access-date=5 October 2015|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.welt.de/die-welt/vermischtes/hamburg/article5514723/Ironie-macht-die-Dinge-oft-einfacher.html|title=Ironie macht die Dinge oft einfacher|author=Günter Fink|date=13 December 2009|work=[[Die Welt]]|access-date=5 October 2015|language=de}}</ref> In 2010, Mankell was set to work on a screenplay for [[Sveriges Television]] about his father-in-law, movie and theatre director [[Ingmar Bergman]], on a series produced in four one-hour episodes. Mankell pitched the project to Sveriges Television and production was planned for 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.svd.se/kulturnoje/nyheter/bergmans-liv-blir-tv-drama_3977337.svd|title=Bergmans liv blir tv-drama|work=SvD.se|date=21 December 2009 |access-date=5 October 2015|language=sv|last1=Amster |first1=Harry }}</ref>
At the time of his death, Mankell had written over 40 novels that had sold more than 40 million copies worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.henningmankell.se|title=Henning Mankell website|access-date=10 October 2015|language=sv|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008015157/http://henningmankell.se/|archive-date=8 October 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Mankell was married four times and had four sons, Thomas, Marius, Morten and Jon, by different relationships. In 1998 he married [[Eva Bergman]], daughter of film director [[Ingmar Bergman]]. They remained married until his death in 2015.<ref name=obit>{{cite news|author1=Richard Orange|title=Henning Mankell obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/05/henning-mankell|access-date=8 October 2015|work=The Guardian|date=4 October 2015}}</ref>

== Death ==
In January 2014, Mankell announced that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer and throat cancer.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Richard Orange|title=Henning Mankell, Wallander author, reveals cancer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/29/henning-mankell-wallander-author-reveals-cancer|access-date=8 October 2015|work=The Guardian|date=29 January 2014}}</ref> In May 2014, he reported that treatments had worked well and he was getting better.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gp.se/kulturnoje/1.2259442-del-1-en-strid-ur-livets-perspektiv-|title=Del 1: "En strid ur livets perspektiv"|author=HENNING MANKELL|date=29 January 2014|access-date=5 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006051523/http://www.gp.se/kulturnoje/1.2259442-del-1-en-strid-ur-livets-perspektiv-|archive-date=6 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="VerifyDeathDateAge">{{cite web |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/swedish-crime-writer-henning-mankell-dies-at-67/ |title=Swedish writer, pro-Palestinian activist Henning Mankell dies at 67 |date=5 October 2015 |publisher=The Times of Israel |access-date=21 November 2021 }}</ref>

He wrote a series of articles inspired by his wife Eva, describing his situation, how it felt to be diagnosed,<ref>{{cite news|author1=Henning Mankell|title=Henning Mankell: how it feels to be diagnosed with cancer|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/feb/12/henning-mankell-diagnosed-cancer|access-date=8 October 2015|work=The Guardian|date=12 February 2014}}</ref> how it felt to be supported,<ref name=alone>{{cite news|author1=Henning Mankell|title=Henning Mankell: No one should have to face cancer alone' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/mar/22/henning-mankell-no-one-should-face-cancer-alone|access-date=8 October 2015|work=The Guardian|date=22 March 2015}}</ref> how it felt to wait,<ref>{{cite news|author1=Henning Mankell|title=Henning Mankell: A bad night before my cancer test results|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/apr/27/henning-mankell-cancer-test-results-wallander|access-date=8 October 2015|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=27 April 2014}}</ref> and after his first chemotherapy at [[Sahlgrenska University Hospital]] about the importance of cancer research.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Henning Mankell|title=Henning Mankell: the importance of cancer research |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/may/22/henning-mankell-wallander-importance-of-cancer-research|access-date=8 October 2015|work=The Guardian|date=22 May 2015}}</ref> Three weeks before his death he wrote about what happens to people's identity when they are stricken by a serious illness.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Henning Mankell|title=Henning Mankell on living with cancer: there are days full of darkness  |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/sep/16/henning-mankell-wallander-author-cancer-days-of-darkness|access-date=8 October 2015|work=The Guardian|date=16 September 2015}}</ref> His last post was published  posthumously 6 October.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Henning Mankell|title=Henning Mankell: 'Eventually the day comes when we all have to go' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/oct/06/henning-mankell-wallander-author-cancer-eventually-the-day-comes-when-we-all-have-to-go|access-date=8 October 2015|work=The Guardian|date=6 October 2015}}</ref>

On 5{{nbsp}}October 2015, Mankell died at the age of 67, almost two years after having been diagnosed.<ref name="svt.se">{{cite web|url=http://www.svt.se/kultur/bok/henning-mankell-ar-dod|title=Henning Mankell är död|work=svt.se|date=5 October 2015 |access-date=5 October 2015}}</ref>

== Political views ==
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|quote=We refuse to understand the significance of Islamic culture in Europe's history. We are characterized by intense ignorance. What would Europe have been without Islamic culture? Nothing. 
|source = Henning Mankell, ''[[Dagbladet]]'', 30 August 2007 (talking about his play ''Lampedusa'' which tells about a Muslim lesbian immigrant in Sweden)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2007/08/30/510512.html|title=- Teatret er i krise – Litteratur – Dagbladet.no|access-date=5 October 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006134503/http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2007/08/30/510512.html|archive-date=6 October 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> 
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In his youth Mankell was a left-wing political activist and 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 ''[[Folket i Bild/Kulturfront]]'' which focused on cultural policy studies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/tekstarkiv/artikkel.php?id=5001010046786&tag=item&words=mankell%3Bakp|title=Tekstarkiv|work=Dagbladet|access-date=5 October 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006203830/http://www.dagbladet.no/tekstarkiv/artikkel.php?id=5001010046786&tag=item&words=mankell%3Bakp|archive-date=6 October 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In the 1970s, Mankell moved from Sweden to Norway and lived with a Norwegian woman who was a member of the [[Maoist]] [[Workers' Communist Party (Norway)|Workers' Communist Party]]. He took an active part in their activities but did not join the party.<ref>{{cite book|title=De svenska maoisterna|last=Augustsson|first=Lars Åke|author2=Hansén, Stig|year=2001|publisher=Lindelöw |location=Gothenburg|isbn=91-88144-48-8|language=sv}}</ref>

In 2002, Mankell gave financial support by buying stocks for 50,000 [[Norwegian krone|NOK]] in the Norwegian left-wing newspaper ''[[Klassekampen]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nrk.no/programmer/radioarkiv/her___na/1900095.html|title=NRK.no – Her & Nå|work=NRK|access-date=5 October 2015}}</ref> In 2009, Mankell was a guest at the [[Palestine Festival of Literature]]. He said he had seen "repetition of the despicable apartheid system that once treated Africans and coloured as second-class citizens in their own country". He found a resemblance between the [[Israeli West Bank barrier]] and the [[Berlin Wall]]: "The wall that is currently dividing the country will prevent future attacks, in short term. In the end, it will face the same destiny as the wall that once divided Berlin did."<ref name="pulsemedia.org">{{cite web|url=http://pulsemedia.org/2009/06/27/ending-apartheid/|title=Ending Apartheid|work=P U L S E|date=27 June 2009|access-date=5 October 2015}}</ref> Considering the environment the Palestinian people live in, he continued: "Is it strange that some of them in pure desperation, when they cannot see any other way out, decide to become suicide bombers? Not really? Maybe it is strange that there are not more of them."<ref name="pulsemedia.org" />

Mankell stated in an interview with ''[[Haaretz]]'' that he did not support [[Hezbollah]].<ref name="haaretz.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/will-the-real-henning-mankell-speak-up-1.367761|title=Will the Real Henning Mankell Speak Up?|work=Haaretz.com|date=June 2011|access-date=5 October 2015}}</ref> In Mankell's opinion the state of Israel should not have a future as a [[two-state solution]] and this "will not be the end of the historical occupation". He said he did not encounter antisemitism during his journey, just "hatred against the occupants that is completely normal and understandable", and said that "to keep these two things separate is crucial".<ref name="pulsemedia.org" />

=== Gaza flotilla ===
[[File:Henning Mankell01.jpg|thumb|Mankell in 2009]]
In 2010, Henning Mankell was on board the ''MS Sofia'', one of the boats which took part in the flotilla which tried to break the [[2007–2010 blockade of the Gaza Strip|Israeli embargo of the Gaza strip]].<ref>{{cite news| first=Alison | last= Flood | newspaper=The Guardian | url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/may/31/henning-mankell-israel-flotilla-gaza | title=Author Henning Mankell aboard Gaza flotilla stormed by Israeli troops | date=31 May 2010}}</ref> Following the [[Israel Defense Forces]]' [[Gaza flotilla clash|boarding of the flotilla]] on the morning of 31{{nbsp}}May 2010, Mankell was deported to Sweden. He subsequently called for global sanctions against Israel.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gaza flotilla raid: 'We heard gunfire – then our ship turned into lake of blood'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jun/02/gaza-flotilla-raid-gunfire-ship-blood|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2 June 2010|author=Robert Booth|author2=Kate Connolly|author3=Tom Phillips|author4=Helena Smith}}</ref> In 2010 it was reported that he was considering halting [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] translations of his books.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swedishwire.com/politics/4841-henning-mankell-may-halt-hebrew-book-version-|title=Henning Mankell may halt Hebrew book version|author=Johan Nylander|access-date=5 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005233216/http://www.swedishwire.com/politics/4841-henning-mankell-may-halt-hebrew-book-version-|archive-date=5 October 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In June 2011, Mankell stated in an article in the Israeli newspaper ''[[Haaretz]]'' that he had never considered preventing his books from being translated into Hebrew, and that unidentified persons had stolen his identity to make this false claim.<ref name="haaretz.com" />

Mankell was supposed to be one of twenty Swedish participants in "[[Freedom Flotilla II]]" which never took place.<ref>{{cite news|title=Crime writer Mankell will be on next Gaza aid flotilla|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110525/wl_mideast_afp/israelconflictgazaswedenmankell|access-date=26 May 2011|newspaper=[[Yahoo! News]]|date=25 May 2011|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]|location=[[Stockholm]]|quote=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.}}</ref> It was originally scheduled to sail to Gaza in June 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title=Freedom Flotilla 2 to sail for Gaza by end of June|url=http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/431309|access-date=26 May 2011|newspaper=[[Almasry Alyoum]]|date=10 May 2011|agency=[[MENA (news)|MENA]]|quote=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.}}</ref>

== Charity and legacy ==
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|quote=There are too many people in the world who just sit and watch their money pile up, that is very hard for me to understand. 
|source = Henning Mankell<ref>{{cite web|url=http://henningmankell.com/africa/chimoio/|title=Chimoio|work=henningmankell.com|access-date=6 October 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015210102/http://henningmankell.com/africa/chimoio/|archive-date=15 October 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> 
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In 2007, Henning Mankell donated 15 million Swedish crowns (about 1.5 million [[euro]]s) to [[SOS Children's Villages]] for a children's village in [[Chimoio]] in western Mozambique.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://henningmankell.com/africa/chimoio/ |title=Africa. Chimoio |publisher=Henningmankell.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015210102/http://henningmankell.com/africa/chimoio/ |archive-date=15 October 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Mankell donated vast amounts of money to charitable organizations such as SOS Children's Villages and Hand in Hand,<ref>{{cite web|title=2,151,238 jobs so far|url=http://www.handinhandinternational.org/|website=www.handinhandinternational.org|publisher=Hand in Hand International|access-date=5 October 2015}}</ref> a collection of independent organizations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.di.se/amnen/mankell-henning/ |title=Henning Mankell |publisher=[[Dagens Industri]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304192237/http://www.di.se/amnen/mankell-henning/ |archive-date=4 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

In the 1980s, Mankell visited United Nations refugee camps in Mozambique and later accompanied UN High Commissioner [[Sadako Ogata]] to refugee camps in South Africa. In 2013, he visited Congolese refugees in Uganda. He wrote on the plight of refugees and after his death his website asked for donations in his name to the [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees|UN Commission on Refugees]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ascleiden.nl/news/henning-mankell-1948-2015-africa|title=Henning Mankell (1948–2015) & Africa|author=Jos Damen|date=6 October 2015|access-date=11 October 2015}}</ref>

The theme for short stories submitted to the inaugural Festival Fim do Caminho Literary Prize, "Crime in Mozambique", was chosen in homage to Mankell.<ref>[http://festivalfimdocaminho.org/en/competition-and-forum-2015/ Competition and Forum 2016], Fim do Caminho.</ref><ref>[http://us8.campaign-archive1.com/?u=d35d4e51164a88b756551f8c3&id=4bb5aa713b&e=f859ad6533 "Homage to Henning Mankell"], Press Release: Fim do Caminho Literary Prize, Mozambique. Miles Morland Foundation.</ref>

== Works ==

=== Wallander series ===
[[File:Bookbits - 2010-04-22 Henning Mankell-The Man from Beijing.vorb.oga|thumb|Henning Mankell talks about ''The Man from Beijing'' on Bookbits radio.]]
[[Kurt Wallander]] is a fictional police [[detective|inspector]] living and working in [[Ystad]],<ref>pronounced Ue-stad ("ue" as in "muesli" and "a" as in "father" – not pronounced as in the recent 2008 UK television adaptation)</ref> Sweden. In the novels, he solves shocking murders with his colleagues. The novels have an underlying question: "What went wrong with Swedish society?"<ref>{{cite web|last1=Van der Paal|first1=Jill|title=Mördarna i Henning Mankells Kurt Wallanderserie|url=http://lib.ugent.be/fulltxt/RUG01/001/414/772/RUG01-001414772_2010_0001_AC.pdf|website=www.lib.urgent.be|publisher=Universiteit Gent|access-date=2016-02-16}}</ref>

The series has won many awards, including the German Crime Prize and the British 2001 [[Crime Writers' Association|CWA]] [[Gold Dagger]] for [[Sidetracked (novel)|''Sidetracked'']] ([[1995 in literature|1995]]).<ref name="wroe" />

The ninth book, [[The Pyramid (short stories)|''The Pyramid'']] ([[1999 in literature|1999]]), is a prequel about Wallander's past, covering the time until just before the start of ''[[Faceless Killers]]'' ([[1991 in literature|1991]]). It includes a collection of five novellas:<ref name="wroe" />
*''Wallander's First Case''
*''The Man with the Mask''
*''The Man on the Beach''
*''The Death of the Photographer''
*''The Pyramid''

Ten years after ''The Pyramid'', Mankell published another Wallander novel, ''[[The Troubled Man]]'' ([[2009 in literature|2009]]), which he said would definitely be the last in the series.<ref name="wroe">Wroe, Nicholas (20 February 2010), [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/feb/20/henning-mankell-interview "A Life in writing: Henning Mankell"], ''The Guardian''.</ref>

Linda is the daughter of Kurt Wallander, who follows in his footsteps as a police officer. Mankell began an intended trilogy of novels with her as the protagonist. However, following the suicide of [[Johanna Sällström]], the actress playing the character at the time in the Swedish TV series, Mankell was so distraught that he decided to abandon the series after only the first novel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/dec/27/wallandar-hemming-mankell-tv-books-detective|title=Henning Mankell creates a 'female Wallander' following star's suicide|author=Paul Gallagher|work=The Guardian|date=26 December 2009|access-date=2015-10-05}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==

=== Crime fiction ===

==== Wallander series ====
# ''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 (novel)|Sidetracked]]'', 1999) Gold Dagger 2001
# ''Fotografens död'' (1996; English translation included in ''The Pyramid'' as ''The Death of the Photographer'')
# ''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 (novel)|One Step Behind]]'', 2002)
# ''Brandvägg ''(1998; English translation by [[Ebba Segerberg]]: [[Firewall (Henning Mankell novel)|''Firewall'']], 2002)
# ''Pyramiden'' (1999; short stories; English translation by [[Ebba Segerberg]] with [[Laurie Thompson]]: ''[[The Pyramid (short stories)|The Pyramid]]'', 2008)
# ''Mannen på stranden'' (2000; included in ''[[The Pyramid (short stories)|The Pyramid]]'' as ''The Man on the Beach)''
# ''Handen'' (2004; novella; originally published in Dutch (2004) as ''Het Graf'' (''The Grave'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inspector-wallander.org/mysteries/grave/|title=The Grave: A Kurt Wallander Mystery by Henning Mankell|work=Inspector-Wallander.org|access-date=6 October 2015|archive-date=4 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904170034/http://www.inspector-wallander.org/mysteries/grave/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Published in Swedish, 2013. English translation by [[Laurie Thompson]]: ''An Event in Autumn'', 2014)
# ''Den orolige mannen '' (2009; English translation by [[Laurie Thompson]]: ''[[The Troubled Man]]'', 2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://svenska.yle.fi/nyheter/artikel.php?id=156906|title=Ny bok om Kurt Wallander|work=Svenska|access-date=5 October 2015|archive-date=6 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506161554/http://svenska.yle.fi/nyheter/artikel.php?id=156906|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==== Linda Wallander ====
*''Innan frosten '' (2002; English translation by [[Ebba Segerberg]]: ''[[Before the Frost]]'', 2005)

==== Other crime novels ====
*''Danslärarens återkomst'' (2000; English translation by [[Laurie Thompson]]: ''[[The Return of the Dancing Master]]'', 2004)
*''Kennedys hjärna'' (2005; English translation by [[Laurie Thompson]]: ''[[Kennedy's Brain]]'', 2007, U.S. release)
*''Kinesen'' (2007; English translation by [[Laurie Thompson]]: ''[[The Man from Beijing (novel)|The Man from Beijing]]'', 2010)

===Other fiction===
*''Bergsprängaren'' (1973); English translation by George Goulding: ''The Rock Blaster'', (2020)
*''Vettvillingen'' (1977)
*''Fångvårdskolonin som försvann'' (1979)
*''{{Interlanguage link|Dödsbrickan|fi}}'' (1980)
*''{{Interlanguage link|En seglares död|fi}}'' (1981)
*''[[Daisy Sisters]]'' (1982)
*''{{Interlanguage link|Sagan om Isidor|sv}}'' (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 (Mankell novel)|Daniel]]'' (2010)
*''[[Tea-Bag (novel)|Tea-Bag]]'' (2001) English translation by Ebba Segerberg: ''[[The Shadow Girls]]'' (2012)
*''Djup'' (2004); English translation by [[Laurie Thompson]]: ''[[Depths (novel)|Depths]]'', (2006)
*''Italienska skor'' (2006); English translation by Laurie Thompson: ''[[Italian Shoes (novel)|Italian Shoes]]'' (2009)
*''Minnet av en smutsig ängel'' (2011); English translation by Laurie Thompson: ''A Treacherous Paradise'', (2013)
*''Svenska gummistövlar'' (2015); English translation by Marlaine Delargy: ''After the Fire'', (2017)

=== Essays ===
*''Kvicksand'' (2014) part memoir, part collection of essays, English translation by Laurie Thompson: ''Quicksand: What It Means to Be a Human Being''

=== Children's books ===

==== Sofia series ====
* ''[[Secrets in the Fire]]'' – 2000 (''Eldens hemlighet'', 1995)
* ''Playing with Fire'' – 2002 (''Eldens gåta'', 2001)
* ''The Fury in the Fire'' – 2009 (''{{Interlanguage link|Eldens vrede|sv}}'', 2005)

==== Joel Gustafsson series ====
*''A Bridge to the Stars'' – 2005 (''{{Interlanguage link|Hunden som sprang mot en stjärna|sv}}'' – 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 (''{{Interlanguage link|Resan till världens ände|sv}}'' – 1998)

==== Young children's books ====
*''The Cat Who Liked Rain'' – 2007

== Film and television ==

=== Original screenplays for television and TV ===
*''Etterfølgeren'' (''The Successor'') (1997 film)<ref>{{Cite web|title = Etterfølgeren – English|url = http://www.nfi.no/english/norwegianfilms/search/Film?key=40704|website = www.nfi.no|access-date = 27 January 2016}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*''Labyrinten'' (2000), TV mini-series
*''{{Interlanguage link|Talismanen|sv}}'' (2003), TV mini-series (co-written with [[Jan Guillou]])
*''Unnamed Ingmar Bergman docudrama'' (2012), TV mini-series<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/europe/mankell-to-develop-ingmar-bergman-drama/5009243.article|title=Mankell to develop Ingmar Bergman drama|access-date=5 October 2015}}</ref>

=== Film and television adaptations of novels ===
*''[[Wallander (film series)|Wallander]]'' (1997–2007) [[Sveriges Television]]. Swedish language.
*''[[Wallander (Swedish TV series)|Wallander]]'' (2005, 2009, 2013) [[Yellow Bird (company)|Yellow Bird]] for [[TV4 (Sweden)]]. Swedish language.
*''[[Wallander (UK TV series)|Wallander]]'' (2008, 2010, 2012, 2016) Yellow Bird for [[BBC]] (UK). English language.

== Plays ==
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*''[[Älskade syster]]'' (1983) (''Beloved Sister'')
*''[[Antiloperna]]'' (''The Antelopes'')
*''[[Apelsinträdet]]'' (1983) (''The Orange Tree'')
*''[[Att Storma Himlen]]'' (''To Storm Heaven'')
*''[[Berättelser På Tidens Strand]]'' (''Tales On The Beach of Time'')
*''[[Bergsprängaren]]'' (1973) (''The Rock Blaster'')
*''[[Butterfly Blues]]''
*''[[Daisy Sisters]]'' (1982)
*''[[Darwins kapten]]'' (2010) (''Darwin's Captain'')
*''[[Den Samvetslöse Mördaren Hasse Karlsson...]]'' (''The Ruthless Killer Hasse Karlsson...'')
*''[[Dödsbrickan]]'' (1980) (''The Death Counter'')
*''[[Eldens gåta]]'' (2001) (''Fire Riddle'')
*''[[En Gammal Man Som Dansar]]'' (''Old Man Dancing'')
*''[[En Höstkväll Innan Tystnaden]]'' (''An Evening in Autumn Before Silence'')
*''[[En seglares död]]'' (1981) (''Death of a Sailor'')
*''[[Fångvårdskolonin som försvann]]'' (1979) (''The Penal Colony Which Disappeared'')
*''[[Gatlopp (play)|Gatlopp]]'' (''Running the Gauntlet'')
*''[[Grävskopan]]'' (''The Excavator'')
*''[[Hårbandet]]'' (''The Ribbon'')
*''[[I sand och i lera]]'' (1999) (''In Sand and Mud'')
*''[[In Duisternis]]'' (2010) (''Time of Darkness'')
*''[[Innan Gryningen]]'' (''Before Dawn'')
*''[[Italienska skor]]'' (2006) (''Italian Shoes'')
*''[[Jag dör, men minnet lever]]'' (2003) (''I Die, but the Memory Lives'')
*''[[Kakelugnen På Myren]]'' (''The [[Cocklestove]] on the Myre'')
*''[[Katten som älskade regn]]'' (1992) (''The Cat that Loved Rain'')
*''[[Labyrinten]]'' (2000) (''The Labyrinth'')
*''[[Lampedusa (play)|Lampedusa]]''
*''[[Mannen Som Byggde Kojor]]'' (''The Man Who Built huts'')
*''[[Mörkertid]]'' (''Dark Times'')
*''[[Möte Om Eftermiddagen]]'' (''Afternoon Rendezvous'')
*''[[Och Sanden Ropar...]]'' (''Sand Calling...'')
*''[[Påläggskalven]]'' (''Groomed for Greatness'')
*''[[Pojken som sov med snö i sin säng]]'' (1996) (''The Boy Who Slept with Snow in His Bed'')
*''[[Politik(play)|Politik]]'' (2010) (''Politics'')
*''[[Resan till värdens ände]]'' (1998) (''Journey to The End of the World'')
*''[[Sagan om Isidor]]'' (1984) (''Isidor's Saga'')
*''[[Sandmålaren]]'' (1974) (''Sand painter'')
*''[[Svarte Petter]]'' (''The Short Straw'')
*''[[Tea-Bag]]'' (2001)
*''[[Tokfursten]]'' (''The Silly Prince'')
*''[[Tyckte Jag Hörde Hundar]]'' (''Thought I Heard Dogs'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colombine.se/forfattare?query=mankell|title=Författare: Colombine Teaterförlag|work=Colombine Teaterförlag|access-date=5 October 2015}}</ref>
*''[[Valpen]]'' (''The Welp'')
*''[[Vettvillingen]]'' (1977) (''The Maniac'')
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== Awards and honours ==
* 1991 – [[Swedish Crime Writers' Academy]], [[Best Swedish Crime Novel Award]] for ''Faceless Killers''
* 1991 – [[Nils Holgersson Plaque]] for ''A Bridge to the Stars''
* 1992 – [[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 – [[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 (novel)|One Step behind]]''
* 2004 – [[Toleranzpreis der Evangelischen Akademie Tutzing]]
* 2005 – [[Gumshoe Awards|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 (novel)|''The Man from Beijing]]''

== See also ==
*[[:Category:Works by Henning Mankell]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Henning Mankell}}
* {{Official website|http://www.henningmankell.com}}
* {{IMDb name|0542520}}
* [http://www.inspector-wallander.org/ Comprehensive Henning Mankell fan site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020082728/http://www.inspector-wallander.org/ |date=20 October 2020 }}
* [http://www.branaghswallander.com/ Branagh's Wallander] – Website relating to the BBC's English-language Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh and Swedish versions with Krister Henriksson and Rolf Lassgärd
* [http://www.lacan.com/zizekmankell.htm Henning Mankell: the artist of the Parallax View – Slavoj Zizek]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110525222312/http://www.twbooks.co.uk/crimescene/hmankellintvbc.html The Mirror of Crime: Henning Mankell] interview at Tangled Web (5/2001)
* [http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,1074233,00.html ''Guardian'' Interview (11/2003)]
* [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jun/03/gaza-flotilla-attack-henning-mankell Henning Mankell on Gaza flotilla attack: 'I think they went out to murder'], [[The Guardian]] 3 June 2010
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khFcfrST5-M  Henning Mankell: My responsibility is to react]: video interview by Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in 2012.
* John Burnside: [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/feb/11/quicksand-what-it-means-to-be-a-human-being-henning-mankell-review Quicksand by Henning Mankell review / uplifting, serious reflections on what it means to be human] The Guardian 11 February 2016

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