Henning Mankell
Swedish writer, human rights activist and dramatist (1948–2015)
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Swedish crime writer who built a decades-long empire around Kurt Wallander, a brooding detective who became a cultural fixture across TV and film. Mankell also wrote plays and children's books, but the inspector is what kept him in the spotlight.
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Henning Georg Mankell 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.
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