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Henning Georg Mankell ((:ˈhɛnˈnɪŋ ˈmaŋːkɛl); 3February 1948 – 5October 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 was also a social critic and activist. == Life and career == Mankell's grandfather, also named Henning Mankell, lived from 1868 to 1930 and was a composer. Mankell was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1948. His father Ivar was a lawyer who divorced his mother Ivar when Mankell was one year old. He and an older sister lived with his father for most of his childhood. The three lived first in Sveg, Härjedalen in the north of Sweden, where his father was a district judge. Henning's website biography describes this time living in a flat above the court as one of the happiest in his life.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Henning Mankell: Biography ) 〕 In Sveg, a museum was built in his honour during his lifetime.〔 Later, when Mankell was thirteen, the family moved to Borås, Västergötland on the west coast of Sweden near Gothenburg.〔 After three years he dropped out of school and went to Paris when he was 16. Shortly afterwards he joined the merchant marine and went and then to sea, where he worked on a freighter and "loved the ship’s decent hard-working community.〔" In 1966, he returned to Paris to become a writer. He took part in the student uprising of 1968. He later returned to work as a stagehand in Stockholm.〔 At the age of 20 he had already started as author and assistant director at the Riksteater in Stockholm. In the following years he collaborated with several theatres in Sweden. His first play, ''The Amusement Park'' dealt with Swedish colonialism in South America.〔 In 1973, he published ''The Stone Blaster'', a novel about the Swedish labour movement, and flew to Guinea-Bissau on the proceeds. Africa became a second home to him, and he spent a great deal of his life there, after his success made it possible, founding and then running a theatre in Mozambique.〔 After living in Zambia and other African countries, Mankell was invited from 1986 onward to become the artistic director of Teatro Avenida in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. He subsequently spent extended periods in Maputo working with the theatre and writing, and built up his own publishing house (Leopard Förlag) in order to support young talents from Africa and Sweden. His novel ''Chronicler of the Winds'', published in Sweden as ''Comédie infantil'' in 1995, reflects African problems and is based on African storytelling. On 12 June 2008, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate from the University of St Andrews in Scotland “in recognition of his major contribution to literature and to the practical exercise of conscience”.〔 〕 Around 2008 Mankell developed two original stories for the German police series ''Tatort''. Actor Axel Milberg, who portrays Inspector Klaus Borowski, had asked Mankell to contribute to the show as the two were promoting ''The Chinaman'' audiobook, a project that Milberg had worked on. The episodes were scheduled to broadcast in Germany in 2010. In 2010, Mankell was set to work on a screenplay for Sveriges Television about his father-in-law, the movie and theatre director Ingmar Bergman, on a series produced in four one-hour episodes. Mankell pitched the project to Sveriges Television and production was planned for 2011. At the time of his death, Mankell had written over 40 novels that had sold more than 40 million copies worldwide.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Henning Mankell website )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henning Mankell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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