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Hilary Mantel (1952–2022)

Autor(a) de Wolf Hall

60+ Works 33,009 Membros 1,456 Críticas 111 Favorited

About the Author

Hilary Mantel was born in Glossop, Derbyshire, England on July 6, 1952. She studied law at the London School of Economics and Sheffield University. She worked as a social worker in Botswana for five years, followed by four years in Saudi Arabia. She returned to Britain in the mid-1980s. In 1987 she mostrar mais was awarded the Shiva Naipaul Memorial Prize for an article about Jeddah. She worked as a film critic for The Spectator from 1987 to 1991. She has written numerous books including Eight Months on Ghazzah Street, A Place of Greater Safety, A Change of Climate, The Giant, O'Brien, Giving up the Ghost: A Memoir, and Beyond Black. She has won several awards for her work including the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize, the Cheltenham Prize and the Southern Arts Literature Prize for Fludd; the 1996 Hawthornden Prize for An Experiment in Love, the 2009 Man Booker Prize for Wolf Hall, and the 2012 Man Booker Prize for Bring up the Bodies. She made The New York Times Best Seller List with her title The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries

Obras por Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall (2009) 13,413 exemplares
Bring Up the Bodies (2012) 6,887 exemplares
The Mirror & the Light (2020) 2,724 exemplares
A Place of Greater Safety (1992) 1,815 exemplares
Beyond Black (2005) 1,798 exemplares
Fludd (1989) 918 exemplares
Giving Up the Ghost: A Memoir (2003) 737 exemplares
An Experiment in Love (1995) 554 exemplares
The Giant, O'Brien (1998) 548 exemplares
A Change of Climate (1994) 532 exemplares
Eight Months on Ghazzah Street (1988) 497 exemplares
Every Day Is Mother's Day (1985) 344 exemplares
Vacant Possession (1986) 319 exemplares
Mantel Pieces (2020) 239 exemplares
Learning to Talk (2003) 176 exemplares
Wolf Hall Trilogy (2020) 45 exemplares
Holbein's Sir Thomas More (2018) 16 exemplares
The Wolf Hall Picture Book (2022) 15 exemplares
The School of English (2015) 9 exemplares
Révolution 1 - L'idéal (2016) 6 exemplares
Goed leren praten (2023) 6 exemplares
Bring up the bodies 2 exemplares
Bring up the Bodies 2 exemplares
Schrijver zijn (2024) 2 exemplares
Lustro i światło 1 exemplar
Voorbij het zwart (2023) 1 exemplar
The Right to Life 1 exemplar
ANA BOLENA 1 exemplar

Associated Works

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1903) — Introdução, algumas edições8,711 exemplares
Angel (1957) — Introdução, algumas edições865 exemplares
Marking Time (1991) — Posfácio, algumas edições810 exemplares
Faces in the Water (1961) — Introdução, algumas edições578 exemplares
The Fox in the Attic (1961) — Introdução, algumas edições445 exemplares
The Tortoise and the Hare (1954) — Introdução, algumas edições426 exemplares
The Long View (1956) — Introdução, algumas edições263 exemplares
The Wooden Shepherdess (1973) — Introdução, algumas edições188 exemplares
Odd Girl Out (1972) — Introdução, algumas edições174 exemplares
Granta 63: Beasts (1998) — Contribuidor — 132 exemplares
Granta 56: What Happened to Us? (1996) — Contribuidor — 125 exemplares
Best European Fiction 2011 (2010) — Contribuidor — 107 exemplares
Wolf Hall [2015 mini series] (2015) — Original book — 93 exemplares
Granta 147: 40th Birthday Special (2019) — Contribuidor — 56 exemplares
Writers on writing (2002) — Contribuidor — 29 exemplares
The Best British Short Stories 2011 (2011) — Contribuidor — 27 exemplares
TLS Short Stories (2003) — Contribuidor — 12 exemplares
The Best British Short Stories 2015 (2015) — Contribuidor — 12 exemplares
Great fairytales, part 1, Wicked parents (2009) — Posfácio — 2 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome legal
Mantel, Hilary Mary Thompson
Data de nascimento
1952-07-06
Data de falecimento
2022-09-22
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
Engeland
Local de nascimento
Glossop, Derbyshire, Engeland
Local de falecimento
Exeter, Devon, England
Causa da morte
stroke
Locais de residência
Glossop, Derbyshire, Engeland
Hadfield, Engeland
Romiley, Engeland
Londen, Engeland
Botswana
Jeddah, Saudi Arabië (mostrar todos 8)
Surrey, Engeland
Budleigh Salterton, Devon, Engeland
Educação
Harrytown Convent
London School of Economics(Rechten)
Sheffield Universiteit
Ocupações
Schrijfster
Filmcriticus
Maatschappelijk werkster
Relações
McEwen, Gerald (husband)
Organizações
The Spectator
Prémios e menções honrosas
Order of the British Empire ( [2006])
David Cohen Prize for Literature (2013)
Agente
Bill Hamilton (AM Heath)

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Hilary Thompson was the eldest of three children in a Catholic English family of Irish descent. She took the surname of Mantel from her unofficial stepfather after her parents separated. After university, she worked as a social worker at a geriatric hospital and as a sales assistant in a department store. In 1972, she married Gerald McEwen, a geologist, and the couple later lived in Botswana and Saudi Arabia. She published a memoir of this time, "Someone to Disturb," in the London Review of Books. Her first novel, Every Day is Mother's Day, was published in 1985. Returning to England, Hilary Mantel became the film critic of The Spectator and a reviewer for a number of newspapers and magazines in Britain and the USA.

Membros

Discussions

OT Hilary Mantel obituary em Folio Society Devotees (Setembro 2022)
Wolf Hall and fiction vs. history em Reformation Era: History and Literature (Dezembro 2021)
Group Read: The Cromwell Trilogy em Club Read 2021 (Março 2021)
BRITISH AUTHOR CHALLENGE DECEMBER - MANTEL & WODEHOUSE em 75 Books Challenge for 2015 (Dezembro 2015)
Group Read: Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel (spoiler thread) em 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (Novembro 2014)
GROUP READ - WOLF HALL June 2012 em The 12 in 12 Category Challenge (Agosto 2012)
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel em Booker Prize (Julho 2012)
Group Read: Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel (main thread) em 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (Junho 2012)
Beyond Black (no spoilers) em Orange January/July (Janeiro 2012)
WOLF HALL by Hilary Mantel em Orange January/July (Outubro 2011)

Críticas

what if the part of TSH where richard almost dies from cold was the entire book, English, and much more about female friendship and your family... these are all good things btw
 
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griller02 | 17 outras críticas | Mar 18, 2024 |
I decided to re-read Wolf Hall this week and from the beginning I have asked myself if I have ever read a better written book. The story is of Thomas Cromwell, his friends, family, and enemies, and above all his king Henry VIII from about 1527 to More's execution in 1535. It won all the prizes and has been made into an excellent TV series. I'll read it again in a dozen years.
 
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Dokfintong | 644 outras críticas | Mar 16, 2024 |
Great lively dialogue, and the world and characters are brought to life in a natural way.

Very hard to folloe if you do nor have familiarity with thr history beforehand. Focused on the feelings and ambition of the historical character also means this is boring - unless one loves this historical period. A more abstracted viewpoint might give more insight.
 
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yates9 | 644 outras críticas | Feb 28, 2024 |
From early childhood, through young married life and on into a settled existence of sorts, Hilary Mantel's memoir is a searing account of what was, and what could have been. It is beautifully observed, no more so than in her accounts of trips to see doctors and consultants a-plenty in her quest to have her mystery illness diagnosed.

When it is diagnosed, I would ordinarily have switched off and skipped the section with the medical details. Endometriosis - what interest is it of this male reader? And the answer is - complete and total absorbtion. Hilary Mantel writes with such insight and skill about her condition, and its effect on her life, that the book becomes unputdownable.

I particularly liked the way in which the lives of the known dead and the unknown lives of the never-to-be-born appear as ghosts for this writer to bring to life. "What's to be done with the lost, the dead, but write them into being?"

An exceptional, moving narrative from this award-winning writer.
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SunnyJim | 24 outras críticas | Feb 26, 2024 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
60
Also by
21
Membros
33,009
Popularidade
#587
Avaliação
4.0
Críticas
1,456
ISBN
643
Línguas
24
Marcado como favorito
111

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