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Also known as Ivar Henning Mankell

Swedish composer (1868–1930)

Person · Open Library

Born
3 February 1948
Died
2015-10-05
Works
310

Top works

  • Tea-bag
  • Mannen som log
  • after the fire
  • La quinta donna. Le inchieste del commissario Kurt Wallander vol. 6
  • Wspomnienia brudnego aniola (Polish Edition)

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
Sweden
Active from
1868
Active to
1930

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
6,009
Total plays
218,794

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Henning Mankell (born 3 February 1948) is an internationally known Swedish author of crime fiction, children's books as well as plays. He is best known for the character Kurt Wallander. Mankell was born in Stockholm, and grew up in the Swedish towns of Sveg (Härjedalen) and Borås (Västergötland). Mankell's father Ivar was a judge and his grandfather, also called Henning Mankell (1868–1930), was a composer. At the age of 20 he already started a career as author and assistant director at the Riks

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Quotes

  • She expressed herself clearly, as only people who talk a lot to themselves can.
  • Human beings worked constantly to make their gods unnecessary. He was an individual who made scientific measurements: one day time and perhaps also space would be measured and controlled by scales of measurements hitherto unknown. The supernatural was shadows dancing in the remains of a childhood fear of the dead.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Henning
Gender
male
Citizenship
Sweden
Place of death
Oscar Parish
Occupation
music director
Instrument
piano
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date of birth
1868-06-03
date of death
1930-05-08
place of burial
Q252312
medical condition
diabetes
cause of death
diabetes
Commons category
Henning Mankell (tonsättare)
manner of death
natural causes
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