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 →
Have I ever written anything that has really changed something? What I believe is that you can't change anything without using art. I believe... →
I came to Mozambique in 1986, when I first became involved with Teatro Avenida - a theatre company that stages plays concerned with political and... →
I can still remember. I was ill, and I was seven, and my father didn't want me to just read children's books. He came with Conan Doyle. I... →
I work every day until I do not have more to say. I learned from Graham Greene that a very good way is to stop work in the middle of a sentence. Then... →
I'm quite sure Shakespeare enjoyed writing Iago much more than he did writing Othello. If you write about someone you love, what the hell are you... →
My father thought, and now I think too, that the system of democracy is entirely based upon the system of justice. If we do not have a system of... →
The fundamental driving force for me is to create a change in the world we live in... It is about exploitation, plundering and degradation. I have a... →
There is always a sacred hour in the theatre - after rehearsals and before performances, in the afternoon, between three and five o'clock.... →
Too often we learn everything about how an African dies, but nothing about how he lives. But they learn and live and love and dream just like we do.... →
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.