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Henning Mankell Biography, Books, and Similar Authors

Henning Mankell Biography

Author Henning Mankell was the acclaimed author of the Kurt Wallander mysteries plus more than 20 other novels, both series and stand-alones. The Kurt Wallander series has been published in thirty-three countries and consistently tops the bestseller lists in Europe, receiving major literary prizes (including the UK's Golden Dagger Award in ) and generating numerous international film and television adaptations.



Born in a village in northern Sweden in , Mankell divided his time between Sweden and Maputo, Mozambique until his death in October from cancer.

Innan frozen henning mankell biography In a perfect world, we would like to keep all of BookBrowse's biographies up to date, but with many thousands of lives to keep track of it's simply impossible to do. Three weeks before his death he wrote about what happens to people's identity when they are stricken by a serious illness. Mankell shared his time between Sweden and countries in Africa, mostly Mozambique where he started a theatre. Wallender was a fictional detective living in Ystad in southern Sweden, who supervised a squad of detectives in solving murders, some of which were bizarre.



Kurt Wallander Series Order (dates are English-language publication dates):

  1. Faceless Killers ()

  2. The Dogs of Riga, ()

  3. White Lioness ()

  4. The Man Who Smiled, ()

  5. Sidetracked ()

  6. The Fifth Woman ()

  7. One Step Behind ()

  8. Firewall ()

  9. The Pyramid ()

  10. The Grave (not available in English)

  11. The Troubled Man ()

  12. An Event in Autumn ()

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