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Portrait image of Henning Mankell Photo: Ola Erikson / Forflex (2010)

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Mankell, Henning

Henning Georg Mankell was a Swedish playwright and author. From the 1990s onwards, he won international renown for his crime novels. When Mankell was christened in Stockholm, he was given the name of his grandfather, the composer and critic Henning Mankell (1868–1930). His mother left when he was one year old, and the following year his father moved with his children to Sveg in the province of H...

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Portrait image of Jan Guillou Photo: Ola Erikson / Forflex (2014)

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Guillou, Jan

Swedish author and journalist, who was born in Södertälje and grew up in Saltsjöbaden. Jan Guillou, who has French ancestry (his paternal grandfather was the French ambassador in Helsinki), dropped out of his university studies in Law, and instead concentrated his efforts on a career as a journalist, at an early stage becoming known for his committed and politically radical reporting – Guillou has...

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