AI overview
Hilary Mantel was a renowned British author best known for her historical novels, particularly her acclaimed trilogy about Tudor England that won multiple major literary prizes. She is considered one of the most significant English-language writers of her generation, celebrated for her ambitious storytelling and powerful prose.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
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
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing · 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
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Country
- GB
- Active from
- 1952-07-06
Article
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.
Gallery (2)
Connections
Categories
1952 births2022 deaths20th-century British women novelists20th-century English essayists20th-century English novelists20th-century English women writers21st-century British women novelists21st-century English essayists21st-century English novelists21st-century English women writersAlumni of the London School of EconomicsAlumni of the University of Sheffield