Swedish novelist explores link between health, literacy in Africa

World famous novelist, winner of the Academy of Swedish Crime Writers prize (1991 and 1995) and of the prestigious Litteris et Artibus award (2006), Henning Mankell has another less-publicized interest besides writing mysteries: health and literacy in Africa.

The Swedish author, 60, divides his time between Europe and Africa and is the volunteer director of the “Teatro Avenida” in Maputo (Mozambique). All royalties from I Die, but the Memory Lives on, the book he published in 2004 (Random House UK Ltd), are donated to the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Henning Mankell shares his concerns about poverty, AIDS, and literacy in the UNESCO Courier online.