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 →
I am fascinated by all the new technology that creates places for us to meet in what is called cyberspace. I understand what it must have meant for... →
Normally street children are shown in terms of the tragedy of their lives - which is true - but there's also another dimension: their wisdom... →
An oppressed people will always rise.
I do not understand how on earth you can become a writer without seeing the world.
You can have more than one home. You can carry your roots with you, and decide where they grow.
Although many of his other novels are brilliant there is a power in 'Oliver Twist' that I believe Dickens never managed to retrieve. It is as... →
I decided to become an author when my grandmother taught me to write, when I was six. I can still recall the sensation of being able to turn words... →
I live with one foot in the sand and one in the snow. There's European egocentricity, and the African opposite. I normally say that my African... →
I realize that Facebook today is a global success with more than 600 million users worldwide. But I also understand, maybe a bit sadly, that it is... →
I work in an old tradition that goes back to the ancient Greeks. You hold a mirror to crime to see what's happening in society. I could never... →
In Africa, listening is a guiding principle. It's a principle that's been lost in the constant chatter of the Western world, where no one... →
Sweden is still a very peaceful country to live in. I think that people in Britain have created this mythology about Sweden, that it's a perfect... →
When I was a very young author, I knew I needed to build myself a tower outside of Europe. Like when you're a hunter, and build towers to watch... →
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.