Mankell to the International Book Fair of Torino
Henning Mankell will be one of the guests at the International Book Fair of Torino 2012. The Book Fair is held betwen the 10th and the 12th of May and Mankell will be speaking on the 10th at 4:30 pm.
This year the book fair celebrates its 25th anniversary. Spain and Romania are guest countries.
Chronicle: Charles Dickens in Maputo
Charles Dickens was born 200 years ago. He truly belongs to the world literature and his books are read everywhere. His stories also exist as movies, TV series and theatre shows. Everyone is familiar with Oliver Twist and David Copperfield.
But Charles Dickens’ books are not historical remnants that have stayed alive due to some strange accidence. His books are alive because they still have something to tell us, about the world we live in. Recently I asked a friend in … Read more
The dark world of crime
Why are we so fascinated with the world of crime and what is the best way to fight crime?
That was the topic for the discussion when Henning Mankell visited BBC Forum. In the discussion Henning Mankell was accompanied by Cambridge professor Lawrence Sherman and Peter Sommer, adviser to governments and courts on cyber security.
Listen to the program here or download it on Itunes.
Mankell on BBC Forum
Henning Mankell will discuss crime with Bridget Kendall on BBC Forum wednesday the 18th of April. The other guests on the show are digital crime specialist Peter Sommer and academic criminologist Lawrence Sherman. BBC Forum is an ideas discussion show which tackles the big questions of our age with some of the world’s most eminent minds.
This is not the first time Henning Mankell visits The Forum. Click here to listen to an earlier program where Henning … Read more
Photos from Teatro Avenida
Some photos from the rehearsals of The General’s Daughter at Teatro Avenida. The General’s Daughter, or A filha do general ”Hedda” in Portugese, is a play based on Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler and will be performed at Teatro Avenida during spring 2012.
Chronicle: A decision that changed the world
If I were to ask the following question to somebody on the street today I doubt that anyone would know the answer: Do you know who Thomas Clarkson was? I doubt that even the more avid newspaper readers would be sure. Thomas Clarkson could have been an English soccer player or perhaps a gangster in Chicago.
Please let me tell you about this fascinating and yet entirely forgotten man. A warm day in June 1787 a young man by the name … Read more
Hedda Gabler premieres at Teatro Avenida
Henrik Ibsen’s play Hedda Gabler premieres at Teatro Avenida Friday the 9th of March. Henning Mankell’s version of the play takes place in the 1970′s in Mozambique, when the Portuguese were driven out of the country.
– If you move the play forward a hundred years, to present times, Ibsen’s drama tells an intriguing story about a woman’s fate that is still relevant in Maputo today. But in this version Hedda inherits a Kalashnikov instead of a pistol, says Henning Mankell.
New jackets for Wallander
White snow, different shades of grey and dramatic skies – here are the new covers for The White Lioness, The Dogs of Riga and Faceless Killers.
“Every time Wallander stepped into someone’s home, he felt as though he were looking at the front cover of a book that he had just bought” – Henning Mankell, Faceless Killers