Her bestsellers “Wolves” and “Falcons” were both awarded the highest British literary prize. Well-known British author Hilary Mantel has died unexpectedly.
The British writer Hilary Mantel is dead. According to her publisher in Great Britain, the British news agency PA announced that the successful author died “suddenly but peacefully” surrounded by her family. She was 70 years old. The award-winning author, critic and lawyer became world famous with historical novels.
In 2009 she was awarded the Booker Prize, the most important British literary prize, for her novel “Wolves”. Mantel won the award again in 2012 with “Falken”. Both works are part of the “Tudor Trilogy”. Her last book, the volume “Learning to Talk”, came out in 2022. Her publisher, HarperCollins, described Mantel to PA as “one of the greatest English storytellers of this century. Her admired works are regarded as modern classics.”
She will be remembered for her tremendous generosity to fellow budding writers and her ability to electrify a live audience, wrote Mantel’s manager Bill Hamilton. In addition, Mantel has produced some of the best commentary on subjects and books.
Hilary Mantel was born on July 6, 1952 in Glossop, England. She studied law at the London School of Economics and the University of Sheffield. She worked as a social worker and lived in Botswana for five years followed by four years in Saudi Arabia before returning to the UK in the mid-1980s. Mantel married geologist Gerald McEwen on September 23, 1972.