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Henning Mankell
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thumb|Henning Mankell in 2011
Henning Mankell (3 February 1948 5 October 2015) was a Swedish crime writer, children's author, and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most noted creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander. He also wrote a number of plays and screenplays for television.
Quotes
Depths (2006)
She expressed herself clearly, as only people who talk a lot to themselves can.
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Human beings worked constantly to make their gods unnecessary. He was an individual who made scientific measurements: one day time and perhaps also space would be measured and controlled by scales of measurements hitherto unknown. The supernatural was shadows dancing in the remains of a childhood fear of the dead.
Quotes about Mankell
Averno was my homage to Mankell. I tried to use something from one of his books in every one of the poems. Nobody noticed it, which is good, but it was there for me.
Louise Glück Interview (2014)
External links
Category:Novelists from Sweden
Category:Children's authors
Category:Playwrights
Category:Mystery authors
Category:Screenwriters
Category:People from Stockholm
Category:1948 births
Category:2015 deaths