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Also Known As | Hilary Mary Thompson • Dame Hilary Mary Mantel |
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Born | July 6, 1952 • England |
Died | September 22, 2022 (aged 70) • Exeter • England |
Awards And Honors | Booker Prize (2009) |
Notable Works | “A Change of Climate” • “A Place of Greater Safety” • “An Experiment in Love” • “Beyond Black” • “Bring Up the Bodies” • “Eight Months on Ghazzah Street” • “Every Day Is Mother’s Day” • “Fludd” • “Giving Up the Ghost” • “Learning to Talk” • “Mantel Pieces: Royal Bodies and Other Writing from the London Review of Books” • “The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher” • “The Giant, O’Brien” • The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire • “Vacant Possession” • “Wolf Hall” |
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