Hilary Mantel

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Hilary Mantel was an acclaimed English novelist best known for her historical fiction, particularly the "Wolf Hall" trilogy about Thomas Cromwell.

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Hilary Mantel canonical 10

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instanceOf essayist
historical novelist
human
novelist
short story writer
awardReceived Booker Prize
Whitbread Book of the Year
surface form: Costa Book of the Year

National Book Critics Circle Award
surface form: National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction

Walter Scott Prize
awardReceivedFor Booker Prize
surface form: Booker Prize for Bring Up the Bodies (2012)

Booker Prize
surface form: Booker Prize for Wolf Hall (2009)
birthName Hilary Mary Thompson
causeOfDeath stroke
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1952-07-06
dateOfDeath 2022-09-22
educatedAt London School of Economics
University of Sheffield
familyName Mantel
fieldOfWork historical fiction
literature
genre historical fiction
literary fiction
givenName Hilary
honorificTitle Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
languageOfWorkOrName English
marriageEnd 1970s (divorce, later remarriage)
marriageStart 1972
medicalCondition endometriosis
memberOf Royal Society of Literature
name Hilary Mantel self-link
nationality English
notableFor depictions of Thomas Cromwell
notableIdea revisionist portrayal of Tudor history
notableWork A Place of Greater Safety
Beyond Black
Bring Up the Bodies
Eight Months on Ghazzah Street
Every Day is Mother’s Day
Fludd
Giving Up the Ghost
The Mirror & the Light
Vacant Possession
Wolf Hall (TV series)
surface form: Wolf Hall
placeOfBirth Glossop
surface form: Glossop, Derbyshire, England
placeOfDeath Exeter, Devon, England
religion raised Roman Catholic
residence Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England
spouse Gerald McEwen
subjectOf Wolf Hall (TV series)
surface form: Wolf Hall trilogy

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Booker Prize notableRecipient Hilary Mantel
Hilary Mantel name Hilary Mantel self-link
Picador notableAuthor Hilary Mantel
Wolf Hall (TV series) basedOnAuthor Hilary Mantel
London Library hasNotableMember Hilary Mantel