Henning Mankell (born 3 February 1948) is a Swedish crime writer, children's author and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most famous creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander. Read full biography of Henning Mankell →
Many words will be written on the wind and the sand, or end up in some obscure digital vault. But the storytelling will go on until the last human... →
I am not afraid of dying. I have lived longer than most people in the world. What scares me is to have a body that works but a brain that is waving... →
Many people make the mistake of confusing information with knowledge. They are not the same thing. Knowledge involves the interpretation of... →
I would say that during my lifetime, one of the worst political scandals in Sweden was absolutely what happened surrounding the affair of the... →
At the time of independence in 1975, Mozambique was extremely poor. Many Portuguese residents abandoned the country, leaving only a handful of... →
Go to Mozambique! As long as you don't expect to find flawless infrastructure, just go. Because this is a country where people have not quite... →
I still have a photo on my wall of the greatest idol I will ever have in my life, and it's myself at eight. Because that's when the forces of... →
It is obviously no secret that I earn a lot of money. But it is also no secret that I give most of it away. I don't live a luxurious life. I... →
Well, I believe that life is very complicated. And in a way, the only way you can show life in a truthful way is to show how complicated it is as an... →
I love Sherlock Holmes. There's still an awful lot to steal from Conan Doyle. But within a tradition you can work in many different ways.
Many people say I smile more in Africa than in Sweden.
When you are around 60, there are certain things that are completely terrifying. One of them is that you have made the wrong choices in life, and now... →
Shakespeare is in many ways an African writer and 'Hamlet' would be seen as a very accurate historical saga about an African kingdom.
Henning Mankell (born 3 February 1948) is a Swedish crime writer, children's author and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most famous creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander.