Hilary Mantel
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Death | 2 years ago |
| Date of birth | July 6,1952 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Born | Glossop |
| United Kingdom | |
| Spouse | Gerald McEwen |
| Parents | Henry Thompson |
| Margaret Thompson | |
| Education | London School of Economics |
| University of Sheffield | |
| LLB | |
| Notabl award | Booker Prize |
| Walter Scott Prize | |
| Books | Wolf Hall |
| Plays | The Mirror and the Light |
| Died | Exeter |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | September 22,2022 |
| Full name | Hilary Mary Thompson |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 414919 |
Hilary Mantel Life story
Dame Hilary Mary Mantel DBE FRSL 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.
Booker Prize 2023: Ireland's Paul Lynch wins with Prophet Song
... Previous winning authors include Margaret Atwood, Hilary Mantel, Bernardine Evaristo and Salman Rushdie...
Belfast writer Lucy Caldwell wins Walter Scott fiction prize
... Founded in 2009, the Walter Scott Prize has become one of Britain s most important literary awards with previous winners including Sebastian Barry, Robert Harris, Andrea Levy and Hilary Mantel...
Book 2023: Prince Harry's Spare kicks off publishing bonanza
... The late, great Hilary Mantel described it as " deeply impressive" while fellow Booker winner Bernadine Evaristo said it is an " astonishing novel"...
Booker Prize 2022: Queen Consort to award prestigious prize
... Tributes will also be paid to the late two-time Booker winner Hilary Mantel...
Dame Hilary Mantel: Rowling, Mosse and Evaristo lead tributes to late author
...Authors JK Rowling, Kate Mosse and Bernardine Evaristo have led the tributes to Dame Hilary Mantel, saying she changed the face of literature...
Costa Book Awards to end as sponsorship finishes
... Recent winners include Sally Rooney, Kate Atkinson, Hilary Mantel and William Boyd...
Hilary mantel: Cromwell trilogy celebrated the finale as a 'masterpiece' by critics
...Coat the book with the title the biggest challenge, the life of your write expert Hilary Mantel s celebrated have the finale to her Thomas Cromwell trilogy as magnificent and a masterpiece prior to their publication in the next week...
Belfast writer Lucy Caldwell wins Walter Scott fiction prize
Belfast writer Lucy Caldwell has won the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for her novel These Days .
She was announced as The Winner at the Borders Book Festival which is taking place in Melrose.
She took the £25,000 top prize for Her Story of The Aerial bombardment of her home city during World War II.
The judges of the award praised her winning work for its " pitch-perfect, engrossing narrative ringing with emotional truth".
Founded in 2009, the Walter Scott Prize has become one of Britain's most important literary awards with previous winners including Sebastian Barry , Robert Harris , Andrea Levy and Hilary Mantel .
The judges said Ms Caldwell's novel was a " A Story of both great violence and great tenderness".
She immersed herself in eyewitness accounts while she was writing The Book , interviewing survivors, including a 103-year-old.
" These Days felt so alive to me as I was writing it, so urgent - it didn't feel like 'history' at all, it didn't even feel like it had happened, it felt like it was happening as I wrote it, " She Said .
The Other shortlisted novels for the award were The Geometer Lobachevsky by Adrian Duncan, Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris , The Chosen by Elizabeth Lowry , The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlane, Ancestry by Simon Mawer and I Am Not Your Eve by Devika Ponnambalam.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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