Biography
Dame Hilary Mary Mantel ( man-TEL; born Thompson; 6 July 1952 – 22 September 2022) was a British writer whose work includes historical fiction, personal memoirs and short stories. Her first published novel, Every Day Is Mother's Day, was released in 1985. She went on to write 12 novels, two collections of short stories, a personal memoir, and numerous articles and opinion pieces.
Mantel won the Booker Prize twice: the first was for her 2009 novel Wolf Hall, a fictional account of Thomas Cromwell's rise to power in the court of Henry VIII, and the second was for its 2012 sequel Bring Up the Bodies. The third installment of the Cromwell trilogy, The Mirror and the Light, was longlisted for the same prize. The trilogy has gone on to sell more than 5 million copies.
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Known ForWriting
GenderFemale
Birthday1952-07-06
Deathday2022-09-22 (70 years old)
Birth NameHilary Mary Thompson
Birth PlaceGlossop, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society of Literature, President's Medal, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize, Bodley Medal, David Cohen Prize, Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction, Companion of Literature, Man Booker Prize, Booker Prize, Hawthornden Prize
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