Henning Mankell was born on 3 February 1948 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Ivar Henning Mankell, a lawyer and district judge. He was named after his grandfather, Henning Mankell, a well-known Swedish composer.[1][2]
Mankell was a writer, dramatist and social activist, having written over 40 novels. He was best know for his Inspector Kurt Wallender crime novels.[1]
Mankell married numerous times, but "[i]n 1998 he married Eva Bergman, daughter of film director Ingmar Bergman."[1] They remained married until his death in 2015.
He died of cancer on 5 October 2015 at Gothenburg.[1] He is buried at the Örgryte gamla kyrkogård, Göteborg, Göteborgs kommun, Västra Götalands län, Sweden.[3]
↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) - samlingspost, Utdrag ur födelse-, vigsel- och dödböcker 1860-1949, SE/RA/420401/01/H 1 AA/3924 (1948), bildid: A0041586_00167, nr 57, "Odöpt gosse"
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 05 March 2019), memorial page for Henning Mankell (3 Feb 1948–5 Oct 2015), Find A Grave: Memorial #153281574, citing Örgryte gamla kyrkogård, Göteborg, Göteborgs kommun, Västra Götalands län, Sweden ; Maintained by Find A Grave.
↑ I Henning Mankell (biography in Swedish) Biography
Kandell, Jonathan "Henning Mankell, Writer Whose Wallander Patrolled a Gritty Sweden, Dies at 67" The New York Times, 5 Oct 2015. Accessed at NYTimes.com on 5 March 2019. NYTimes $
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