Hilary Mantel

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Hilary Mantel

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 awards
Spouse
  • Gerald McEwen
    (m. 1973; div. 1981)
  • (m. 1982)
Website
hilary-mantel.com
Photos
Hilary Mantel, 17 October 2012[2]
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.[5] Her first published novel, Every Day Is Mother's Day, was released in 1985. She wrote 12 novels, two collections of short stories, a personal memoir, and many articles and opinion pieces.

Mantel won the Booker Prize twice: the first was for her 2009 novel Wolf Hall and the second was for its 2012 sequel Bring Up the Bodies. The third novel of the trilogy, The Mirror and the Light, was nominated for the same prize.[6]

Mantel was hospitalized in Exeter, Devon after having a stroke on 19 September 2022.[7] She died three days later at the hospital at the age of 70.[8][7]

References[change | change source]

  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. October 17, 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. February 24, 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.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Marshall, Alex; Alter, Alexandra (23 September 2022). "Hilary Mantel, Prize-Winning Author of Historical Fiction, Dies at 70". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  8. Knight, Lucy (23 September 2022). "Hilary Mantel, celebrated author of Wolf Hall, dies aged 70". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 September 2022.