Hilary Mantel

Dame

Hilary Mantel

DBE FRSL
BornHilary Mary Thompson
6 July 1952
Glossop, Derbyshire, England
Died22 September 2022(2022-09-22) (aged 70)
Exeter, Devon, England
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • short story writer
  • essayist
  • critic
LanguageEnglish
Education
Period1985–2020
Notable works
Notable awards
Spouse
  • Gerald McEwen
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    (m. 1973; div. 1981)​
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    (m. 1982)​
Hilary Mantel's voice
from the BBC programme Bookclub, 6 October 2013[1]
Website
hilary-mantel.com
Photos
image icon Hilary Mantel, 17 October 2012[2]
image icon Hilary Mantel, 8 March 2020[3]

Dame Hilary Mary Mantel DBE FRSL (/mænˈtɛl/ man-TEL;[4] born Thompson; 6 July 1952 – 22 September 2022) was a British writer whose work includes historical fiction, personal memoirs and short stories.[5] 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.[6] The trilogy has gone on to sell more than 5 million copies.

  1. ^ "Hilary Mantel – Bring Up the Bodies". Bookclub. 6 October 2013. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Writer Hilary Mantel is photographed for the Financial Times in London, England. (Photo by A.J.Levy/Contour)". Getty Images. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Hilary Mantel is photographed for the New York Times on February 24, 2020 in Sunningdale, England. (Photo by Ellie Smith/Contour)". Getty Images. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  4. ^ Sangster, Catherine (14 September 2009). "How to Say: JM Coetzee and other Booker authors". BBC News. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
  5. ^ "Literature: Writers: Hilary Mantel". British Council. 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  6. ^ "The 2020 Booker Prize longlist announced". The Booker Prizes. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.