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Hilary Mary Thompson, known as Hilary Mantel, was a British writer, novelist, essayist, and literary critic. Born in Glossop in 1952, she was educated at the University of Sheffield and the London School of Economics and Political Science. She wrote in English and worked in the fields of essay, literary criticism, prose, and poetry. Her career began in 1985 and concluded in 2020.
Mantel was a member of the Royal Society of Literature and received the Commander of the Order of the British Empire, the Hawthornden Prize, the Booker Prize, and the Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction. She was also nominated for the Booker Prize and the Tony Award for Best Play. Her notable works include *Wolf Hall* and *Bring Up the Bodies*. She died in Exeter in 2022.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1952
- Died
- 2022
- Works
- 52
Top works
- Bring Up the Bodies [adaptation]
- Wolf Hall & Bring Up the Bodies - The Stage Adaptation
- Wolf Hall (adaptation)
- הביאו את הגופות
- Nisui be-ahavah
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Film & TV
England, UK
Known for
- Hilary Mantel: Return to Wolf Hall — Self2020
- The Last Days of Anne Boleyn — Self2013
- Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution — Self - Author - 'A Place of Greater Safety'2009
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mary
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Glossop
- Place of death
- Exeter
- Occupation
- short story writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- honorary doctorate
- Notable work
- Wolf Hall
- Field of work
- film criticism
- Official website
- hilary-mantel.com
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- date of birth
- 1952-07-06
- birth name
- Hilary Mary Thompson
- member of
- Royal Society of Literature
- start of work period
- 1985-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- date of death
- 2022-09-22
- name in native language
- Hilary Mantel
- Commons category
- Hilary Mantel
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Play
- end of work period
- 2020-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Dame Hilary Mary Mantel DBE FRSL (/mænˈtɛl/ 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 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 & the Light, was longlisted for the same prize. The trilogy has gone on to sell more than 5 million copies.
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