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Swedish crime author Henning Mankell dead at 67

Swedish author Henning Mankell, best known for the Wallander series, died Monday morning at 67 years old, after being diagnosed with cancer last year. A statement on...

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Henning Mankell dead: Swedish author of Wallander crime novels 'passed away...

Swedish writer Henning Mankell, author of the Inspector Wallander novels, has died at...

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Henning Mankell dead: Swedish crime writer known for Wallander series dies...

Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell, who is best known for penning the hugely successful...

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Wallander author Henning Mankell dies aged 67

Henning Mankell, the hesitant figurehead of Scandinavian crime fiction whose books about the gloomy, soul-searching...

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Henning Mankell dies at 67; his Wallander novels led Nordic noir genre

Malin Rising Henning Mankell, the internationally renowned Swedish crime writer whose books about the gloomy, soul-searching police inspector Kurt Wallander enticed readers around the world, died early...

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Henning Mankell's ability to write anything anywhere saw him to the end

The creator of Inspector Kurt Wallander was not just a crime writer, but a prolific journalist and theatre-maker who wrote more plays than Shakespeare...

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Henning Mankell, creator of ‘Wallander’ series and godfather of Nordic noir,...

Henning Mankell, the internationally renowned Swedish crime writer whose books about the gloomy, soul-searching police inspector Kurt Wallander enticed readers around the world, died early yesterday,...

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Henning Mankell, bestselling Swedish author of 'Wallander' series, dies at...

STOCKHOLM -- Henning Mankell, the internationally renowned Swedish crime writer whose books about the gloomy, soul-searching police inspector Kurt Wallander enticed readers around the world, died early...

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Henning Mankell dead at 67: Swedish crime author wrote 'Wallander' best-sellers

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Henning Mankell, the hesitant figurehead of Scandinavian crime fiction whose books about the...

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'Wallander' writer Henning Mankell dies aged 67

Henning Mankell, the internationally renowned Swedish crime writer whose books about the gloomy, soul-searching police inspector Kurt Wallander enticed readers around the world, died early Monday, his...

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Best-selling Swedish author Henning Mankell dead at age 67

STOCKHOLM — Henning Mankell, the internationally renowned Swedish crime writer whose books about the gloomy, soul-searching police inspector Kurt Wallander enticed readers around the world, died early...

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Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell dead

London, Oct 5 (IANS) Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell, whose series featuring the dour Inspector Kurt Wallander were among the first in what...

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Obituary: Henning Mankell best known for Wallander series

Henning Mankell, who has died aged 67, after being diagnosed with cancer last year, established almost single-handedly the global picture of Sweden as a crime writer’s ideal dystopia. He took the...

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Henning Mankell dies after cancer battle; author of 'Wallander' detective series

When Henning Mankell, the beloved Swedish crime writer whose detective novels highlighting the fictional character Inspector Kurt Wallander have been bestsellers around the world, revealed he had...

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My hero: Henning Mankell by Ian Rankin

The Swedish crime writer was a complex figure who lived an extraordinary life. His novels featuring detective Kurt Wallander critiqued politics and big business and explored the human condition...

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'Wallander' writer Henning Mankell dies at 67

CANNES -- Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell has died at the age of 67. Mankell is best known for his novels featuring Inspector Kurt Wallander, which were turned into a TV drama series starring...

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Crime novelist Henning Mankell gave the world Kurt Wallander

HENNING MANKELL 1948–2015 The author Henning Mankell​ was noted especially for his 10 novels about the lugubrious detective Kurt Wallander​. Mankell created his fictional policeman in 1991, but it not...

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Author who created inspector Wallander dies

I don't fear death but I often worry that one morning I will wake up and find that my mind is losing its focus... So I let Wallander enter the world of Alzheimer's for me." On a cold January morning in...

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Master of ‘Nordic noir’ crime novels

Henning Mankell, a Swedish writer whose Kurt Wallander detective novels sold tens of millions of copies and were translated into 40 languages, introducing readers around the world to the genre of jaded...

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Bestselling 'Wallander' Author Henning Mankell Dead At 67

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Henning Mankell, the internationally renowned Swedish crime writer whose books about the gloomy, soul-searching police inspector Kurt Wallander enticed readers around the world, died...

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Henning Mankell, Swedish author of Wallander series, dies at 67

Mankell wrote about 50 novels, selling more than 40 million copies worldwide STOCKHOLM — Henning Mankell, the internationally renowned Swedish crime writer whose books about the gloomy, soul-searching...

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Pro-Palestine Swedish writer Henning Mankell dies

Pro-Palestine world-renowned Swedish crime writer and rights activist Henning Mankell has passed away at the age of 67 after a long battle with cancer. According to his publishing house Leopard,...

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Real crime in Sweden is poor background for a good story: Swedish crime...

Hakan Nesser is among the best-known Swedish crime writers, and also one of the most prolific. At the Jaipur Literature Festival, he told ET Magazine why he is not a political writer and why turning to...

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Book review: An Event in Autumn, by Henning Mankell farewells Kurt Wallander

An Event in Autumn Henning Mankell, Harvill Secker, $27.99 Celebrated Swedish author...

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I can sell my socks if I wanted to: Hakan Nesser

Swedish author Hakan Nesser on Scandi-mania and why, like all good things, it must end At the recent Crime Writers Festival in Delhi, Hakan Nesser took great pains to point out to his wide-eyed fans...

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The couple who invented Nordic Noir

Imagine a parallel universe in which Stieg Larsson​ and Jo Nesbo​ wrote gentle detective stories set in country houses and vicarages. This might well have been the world we'd be living in if, more than...

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The comfort of Nordic noir

I was a latecomer to the world of crime fiction. Despite being a Sherlock Holmes fan from childhood, it took a long time to get a peek into modern crime novels. It was rather accidental. On a wintry...

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Best-selling Swedish crime author Henning Mankell dies

Henning Mankell, the hesitant figurehead of Scandinavian crime fiction whose books about the gloomy, soul-searching police inspector Kurt Wallander enticed readers around the world, has died.Mankell's...

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Henning Mankell is gone, but he leaves enduring legacy with Wallander novels

It's not easy for an author to catch on across borders, but Swedish crime novelist Henning Mankell did it, all on the strength of a single character. Although Mankell wrote novels and plays about many...

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Wallander creator Henning Mankell dies at the age of 67

Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell has died at the age of 67. The author was best known for his series of novels featuring Inspector Kurt Wallander. © Getty Images /...

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Wallander writer Henning Mankell dies

Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell, best known for novels featuring Inspector Kurt Wallander, dies aged 67 The writer revealed he had cancer in a newspaper column last year, adding: "My anxiety is...

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One detective bows out…

Some years ago I met the Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell at the Savoy Hotel in London, where he was staying. A waitress came up to our table. ‘I think, Belinda,’ Mankell said to her suavely, ‘that...

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How 'Scandi crime' made a killing

The critical cliche is that in crime fiction much of the heat in recent years has been from the cold north. Nordic Noir has influenced British crime-writing, on television and bookshelves. So what...

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Henning Mankell, Swedish author of Wallander, dies at 67

Diagnosed with cancer in 2014, writer was a leading figure in ‘Nordic noir’, and was best known for crime novels turned into TV hit...

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