Her brilliant Wolf Hall trilogy was the crowning achievement in an outstanding body of work,' Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Twitter. 'It is impossible to overstate the significance of the literary legacy Hilary Mantel leaves behind. In total she authored 17 books, including non-fiction work, and was awarded a damehood in 2014 for services to literature. Her first novel, 'Every Day is Mother's Day', was published in 1985. Mantel also lived in Saudi Arabia, returning to Britain in the mid-1980s. She turned to writing fiction while living in Botswana for five years. We were so lucky to have such a massive talent in our midst.' HISTORICAL INSIGHTīorn in Derbyshire on July 6, 1952, Mantel studied Law at the London School of Economics and Sheffield University and first worked as a social worker. Rowling saying: 'We've lost a genius'.įellow Booker Prize winning author Bernardine Evaristo said: 'So very sorry to hear about Hilary Mantel's passing. Other best-selling authors took to Twitter to express their sadness at the news of her death, with Harry Potter author J.K. In a 2020 interview with the Guardian, Mantel described the books as being 'about all the big important things that matter, about sex and power and high politics, statecraft and forgery and delusion and lies'. It has been translated into 41 languages and sold more than 5 million copies worldwide. The 'Wolf Hall' trilogy, which has been serialised by the BBC and was also adapted for the stage, charted the fortunes of Thomas Cromwell, the blacksmith’s son who rose to be King Henry VIII’s most powerful adviser only to fall from grace and meet a gruesome end. She leaves behind a remarkable body of work which inspire readers around the world.' 'Hilary Mantel will always be remembered as a truly original writer. 'It is with great sadness that HarperCollins announces that bestselling author Dame Hilary Mantel DBE died peacefully, surrounded by close family and friends, yesterday,' a statement on the website of her publisher 4th Estate Books, which is owned by HarperCollins, said. It won the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction in 2021, an award she also won for 'Wolf Hall'. The final in the series, 'The Mirror & the Light', was published in March 2020 and long-listed for the Booker Prize.

'Wolf Hall', published in 2009, and its sequel 'Bring Up the Bodies', released three years later, both won the Booker Prize, an unprecedented win for two books in the same trilogy and making Mantel the first woman to win the award twice. LONDON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Hilary Mantel, the best-selling British author of the award-winning 'Wolf Hall' Tudor trilogy, died peacefully on Thursday at the age of 70, her publisher said on Friday.

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