Henning Mankell (1948–2015)
Autor(a) de Faceless Killers
About the Author
Henning Mankell was born in Stockholm, Sweden on February 3, 1948. He left secondary school at the age of 16 and worked as a merchant seaman. While working as a stagehand, he wrote his first play, The Amusement Park. His first novel, The Stone Blaster, was released in 1973. His other works included mostrar mais The Prison Colony that Disappeared, Daisy Sisters, The Eye of the Leopard, The Man from Beijing, Secrets in the Fire, The Chronicler of the Wind, Depths, and I Die, But My Memory Lives On. He also wrote the Kurt Wallander series, which have been adapted for film and television, and the Joel Gustafson Stories series. A Bridge to the Stars won the Rabén and Sjögren award for best children's book of the year. He was committed to the fight against AIDS. He helped build a village for orphaned children and devoted much of his spare time to his "memory books" project, where parents dying from AIDS are encouraged to record their life stories in words and pictures. He was also among the activists who were attacked and arrested by Israeli forces as they tried to sail to the Gaza strip with humanitarian supplies in June 2010. He died from cancer on October 5, 2015 at the age of 67. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras por Henning Mankell
Wallander, Series 1 (Sidetracked / Firewall / One Step Behind) (2009) — Screenwriter — 34 exemplares
The Pyramid [novella] 17 exemplares
Älskade syster : ett drömspel om Elise Ottesen-Jensen, svensk agitator och kvinna (1983) 4 exemplares
Inspecteur Wallander-reeks 4 exemplares
Trilogía del fuego: El secreto del fuego - Jugar con fuego - La ira del fuego (Las Tres Edades) (Spanish Edition) (2018) 3 exemplares
Des Jours et des nuits à Chartres 2 exemplares
Wallanderreeks Groot - 15 ex. pt 2 exemplares
2008 1 exemplar
Moorden met een boodschap 1 exemplar
Tbres 1 exemplar
Wallander-reeks cassette 9 dln 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Freedom: Stories Celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (2009) — Contribuidor — 73 exemplares
Wallander, Series 3: (An Event in Autumn / Dogs of Riga / Before the Frost) (2012) — Original book — 22 exemplares
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: The Da Vinci Code • Up and Down the Dales • The Return of the Dancing Master • A… (2004) 10 exemplares
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Gone Tomorrow | Folly | The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society | The… (2009) 7 exemplares
Livros Condensados: Nada a Perder | O Sonho de Hannah | Pirâmide | A Escolha (2009) — Autor — 3 exemplares
Weihnachten bei den Elchen: Die schönsten Wintergeschichten aus Skandinavien (2015) — Autor — 2 exemplares
Válogatott könyvek 2013/6 Tess Gerritsen - A néma lány; Erica James - Az újrakezdés királynője; Henning Mankell… (2013) — Autor — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Mankell, Henning
- Data de nascimento
- 1948-02-03
- Data de falecimento
- 2015-10-05
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Suècia
- Local de nascimento
- Estocolm, Suècia
- Local de falecimento
- Göteborg, Suècia
- Locais de residência
- Ystad, Suècia
Maputo, Moçambique
Särö, Suècia - Ocupações
- Escriptor
Dramaturg - Relações
- Ingmar Bergman (father-in-law)
- Organizações
- Free Gaza Movement
- Prémios e menções honrosas
- ABF:s litteraturpris (1996)
BMF-plaketten (1996)
Eldh-Ekblads fredspris (2000)
Litteris et Artibus medal (2006)
Rivertonklubbens internasjonale ærespris (2012)
August Prize (1995) - Agente
- Leonhardt & Høier Literary Agency
Membros
Discussions
Henning Mankell, RIP em All Writers Considered (Outubro 2015)
Críticas
Listas
Five star books (1)
Tour of Africa (1)
Reading Globally (1)
Global Mysteries (1)
Nordic Crime (1)
Urban Fiction (1)
Scandinavian Crime (15)
Allie's Wishlist (5)
Detective Stories (13)
Mooie titels (1)
the L2go shelf (1)
Prémios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 97
- Also by
- 15
- Membros
- 49,308
- Popularidade
- #317
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Críticas
- 1,472
- ISBN
- 2,671
- Línguas
- 32
- Marcado como favorito
- 175