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Hilary Mantel

ヒラリー・マンテル

Hirarī Mante ru

Aliases: Hilary Mary Thompson / Dame Hilary Mantel / Dame Hilary Mary Mantel DBE FRSL

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1952-07-06 （Glossop, Derbyshire, England）
Died
2022-09-22 （Exeter, Devon, England） age 70
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Religion
Roman Catholic
Residence History
Hadfield, Derbyshire → Romiley, Cheshire → London → Sheffield → Manchester → Botswana → Jeddah, Saudi Arabia → Budleigh Salterton, Devon

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Short story writer, Essayist, Critic
Active Years
1985-2022
Affiliations
Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Society of Literature
Memberships
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL)

Education

London School of Economics
Faculty of Law / Law
Period: 1970
Country: United Kingdom
Studied law but transferred
University of Sheffield
Faculty of Law / Law
Degree: LLB (Bachelor of Jurisprudence)
Period: 1970-1973
Year of Graduation: 1973
Country: United Kingdom

Awards

Booker Prize
2009
Work: Wolf Hall
Organization: Booker Prize Foundation
Result: 受賞
Booker Prize
2012
Work: Bring Up the Bodies
Organization: Booker Prize Foundation
Result: 受賞
Walter Scott Prize
2010
Work: Wolf Hall
Result: 受賞
Costa Novel Prize
2012
Work: Bring Up the Bodies
Organization: Costa Book Awards
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Wolf Hall

2009 Historical fiction 672 pages

A fictional account of Thomas Cromwell's rise to power in Henry VIII's court.

PowerHistoryReligious Reformation
Adaptations
  • [TV series] Wolf Hall / Peter Kosminsky (2015)
  • [Stage play] Wolf Hall / Bring Up the Bodies / Jeremy Herrin (2014)
Translations
  • Translated into Japanese

Bibliography

  • Every Day Is Mother's Day (1985)
  • Vacant Possession (1986)
  • Eight Months on Ghazzah Street (1988)
  • Fludd (1989)
  • A Place of Greater Safety (1992)
  • A Change of Climate (1994)
  • An Experiment in Love (1996)
  • The Giant, O'Brien (1998)
  • Giving Up the Ghost (2003, memoir)
  • Beyond Black (2005)
  • Wolf Hall (2009)
  • Bring Up the Bodies (2012)
  • The Mirror & the Light (2020)

Adaptations

  • Wolf Hall BBC TV miniseries

Translations of Works

  • Translated into over 30 languages

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Present-tense historical narrativeClose third-person perspectiveDense psychological realism
Recurring Motifs
The bodyPower dynamicsCatholic guilt

Health

  • Endometriosis
    1970年代-生涯
    Misdiagnosed initially as psychiatric; surgical menopause at 27, infertility, lifelong pain.
  • Stroke
    2022-09-19
    Complications led to death.

Legacy

First British woman to win Booker Prize twice; revolutionized historical fiction with Wolf Hall trilogy.

Archives

  • Huntington Library (Hilary Mantel Papers)

In Popular Culture

  • Wolf Hall TV series adaptation popular

Quotes

  • I can tell you at this moment I am happily flying through the air.
    Source: Booker Prize acceptance 2009 (2009)
  • You have to find a way of living with it and living around it.
    Source: Interview

Trivia

  • Born Thompson, took stepfather Jack Mantel's surname
  • Lived in Botswana and Saudi Arabia
  • Raised Catholic but lost faith at 12
  • Diagnosed with endometriosis after psychiatric misdiagnosis