About
Hilary Mantel was a British novelist born on 6 July 1952 in Glossop, Derbyshire, and died on 22 September 2022. She studied law at the London School of Economics and the University of Sheffield. Her first novel, Every Day Is Mother's Day, was published in 1985. She lived in Botswana (1977–1982) and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (1982–mid-1980s), experiences that informed several of her books. She was the first woman to win the Booker Prize twice, for Wolf Hall (2009) and Bring Up the Bodies (2012), the first two volumes of her trilogy on Thomas Cromwell, completed with The Mirror & the Light (2020).
* 1952-07-06 — † 2022-09-22
Major works
- Every Day Is Mother's Day (1985)novel
- A Place of Greater Safety (1992)novel
- Giving Up the Ghost (2003)memoir
- Wolf Hall (2009)novel
- Bring Up the Bodies (2012)novel
Key milestones
- 2009Wins the Booker Prize for Wolf Hall.
- 2012Wins the Booker Prize for Bring Up the Bodies, becoming the first woman to win the prize twice.
- 2014Appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Themes
Political powerHistory and fictionAmbition and betrayalBody and illnessMemory and identity
Sources: catdir.loc.gov · britannica.com · thebookerprizes.com