Hilary Mantel

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Full Name	Hilary Mantel
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Jul 6, 1952(1952-07-06)
Age	72
Birthplace	Glossop
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Cancer

Hilary Mantel Biography

Hilary Mantel is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on July 6, 1952 in Glossop, England, United Kingdom. She is a historical fiction author best known for her Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies books. Both books are about Thomas Cromwell.

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Dame Hilary Mary Mantel, DBE, FRSL (/m æ n ˈ t ɛ l / man-TEL ; née Thompson; born 6 July 1952) is an English writer whose work includes historical fiction, personal memoirs and short stories.

She attended Harrytown Convent School in Romiley, Cheshire. In 1970, she began her studies at the London School of Economics to read law. She transferred to the University of Sheffield and graduated as Bachelor of Jurisprudence in

1973. During her university years, she was a socialist.

Gerald McEwen was her husband and he gave up his career as a geologist to help her manage her business affairs.

Hilary Mantel Net Worth

Hilary Mantel is one of the richest Novelist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Hilary Mantel 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She worked as a social worker in a geriatric hospital during her early years of adulthood. Later visits to remote places like Botswana or Saudi Arabia influenced her writing.

She was among a few authors who won the Booker Prize two times. She was named on Time magazine’s 2013 list of the 100 most influential people.

Hilary Mary Thompson was born in Glossop, Derbyshire, the eldest of three children, and raised in the mill village of Hadfield where she attended St Charles Roman Catholic primary school. Her parents, Margaret (née Foster) and Henry Thompson, were both of Irish descent but born in England. Her parents separated and she did not see her father after the age of eleven. The family, without her father but with Jack Mantel (1932–1995) who by now had moved in with them, relocated to Romiley, Cheshire, and Jack became her unofficial stepfather. At this point she took her de facto stepfather’s surname legally.

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Who is Hilary Mantel Dating?

According to our records, Hilary Mantel married to Gerald McEwen. As of December 1, 2023, Hilary Mantel’s is not dating anyone.

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A Change of Climate (1994), set in rural Norfolk, explores the lives of Ralph and Anna Eldred, as they raise their four children and devote their lives to charity. It includes chapters about their early married life as missionaries in South Africa, when they were imprisoned and deported to Bechuanaland, and the tragedy that occurred there.

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Hilary Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Hilary Mantel celebrates birthday on July 6 of every year.

Her next book, The Giant, O’Brien (1998), is set in the 1780s, and is based on the true story of Charles Byrne (or O’Brien). He came to London to earn money by displaying himself as a freak. His bones hang today in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons. The novel treats O’Brien and his antagonist, the Scots surgeon John Hunter, less as characters in history than as mythic protagonists in a dark and violent fairytale, necessary casualties of the Age of Enlightenment. She adapted the book for BBC Radio 4, in a play starring Alex Norton (as Hunter) and Frances Tomelty.

Which books did Hilary Mantel win the Booker Prize for?

Today we remember writer Hilary Mantel, who died last week at the age of 70. Mantel was best known for her trilogy of novels about Thomas Cromwell, the political fixer for Henry VIII. She was the first woman to win the Booker Prize twice for the first two of her Cromwell books, “Wolf Hall” and “Bring Up the Bodies.”

What caused the death of Hilary Mantel?

Stroke

Did Hilary Mantel have a stroke?

Hilary Mantel’s longtime literary agent, Bill Hamilton confirmed that she died aged 70 on September 22, as a result of a stroke. The celebrated author suffered from endometriosis since her twenties and fought hard throughout her life.

Is Hilary Mantel historically accurate?

He said Mantel’s depiction of More was over the top and “too stark for my tastes”, but it was more scary that the writing was so good that some people think it is true. Mantel has never claimed her novels are anything but fiction, although based on fact and exhaustive research.

What is the difference between Booker and Man Booker Prize?

The International Booker Prize is awarded to a book which is translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland. It is different from the Man Booker Prize, which is awarded to a work written in English, and has been won in the past by Indians.