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Hilary Mantel (1952–2022)

Autor/a de Wolf Hall

60+ obres 33,009 Membres 1,456 Ressenyes 111 preferits

Sobre l'autor

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 mostra'n més 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) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Hilary Mantel - Photo by Sarah Lee

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Obres de Hilary Mantel

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

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Angel (1957) — Introducció, algunes edicions865 exemplars
Marking Time (1991) — Epíleg, algunes edicions810 exemplars
Faces in the Water (1961) — Introducció, algunes edicions578 exemplars
The Fox in the Attic (1961) — Introducció, algunes edicions445 exemplars
The Tortoise and the Hare (1954) — Introducció, algunes edicions426 exemplars
The Long View (1956) — Introducció, algunes edicions263 exemplars
The Wooden Shepherdess (1973) — Introducció, algunes edicions188 exemplars
Odd Girl Out (1972) — Introducció, algunes edicions174 exemplars
Granta 63: Beasts (1998) — Col·laborador — 132 exemplars
Granta 56: What Happened to Us? (1996) — Col·laborador — 125 exemplars
Best European Fiction 2011 (2010) — Col·laborador — 107 exemplars
Wolf Hall [2015 mini series] (2015) — Original book — 93 exemplars
Granta 147: 40th Birthday Special (2019) — Col·laborador — 56 exemplars
Writers on writing (2002) — Col·laborador — 29 exemplars
The Best British Short Stories 2011 (2011) — Col·laborador — 27 exemplars
TLS Short Stories (2003) — Col·laborador — 12 exemplars
The Best British Short Stories 2015 (2015) — Col·laborador — 12 exemplars
Great fairytales, part 1, Wicked parents (2009) — Epíleg — 2 exemplars

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Coneixement comú

Nom oficial
Mantel, Hilary Mary Thompson
Data de naixement
1952-07-06
Data de defunció
2022-09-22
Gènere
female
Nacionalitat
Engeland
Lloc de naixement
Glossop, Derbyshire, Engeland
Lloc de defunció
Exeter, Devon, England
Causa de la mort
stroke
Llocs de residència
Glossop, Derbyshire, Engeland
Hadfield, Engeland
Romiley, Engeland
Londen, Engeland
Botswana
Jeddah, Saudi Arabië (mostra-les totes 8)
Surrey, Engeland
Budleigh Salterton, Devon, Engeland
Educació
Harrytown Convent
London School of Economics(Rechten)
Sheffield Universiteit
Professions
Schrijfster
Filmcriticus
Maatschappelijk werkster
Relacions
McEwen, Gerald (husband)
Organitzacions
The Spectator
Premis i honors
Order of the British Empire ( [2006])
David Cohen Prize for Literature (2013)
Agent
Bill Hamilton (AM Heath)
Biografia breu
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.

Membres

Converses

OT Hilary Mantel obituary a Folio Society Devotees (setembre 2022)
Wolf Hall and fiction vs. history a Reformation Era: History and Literature (desembre 2021)
Group Read: The Cromwell Trilogy a Club Read 2021 (març 2021)
BRITISH AUTHOR CHALLENGE DECEMBER - MANTEL & WODEHOUSE a 75 Books Challenge for 2015 (desembre 2015)
Group Read: Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel (spoiler thread) a 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (novembre 2014)
GROUP READ - WOLF HALL June 2012 a The 12 in 12 Category Challenge (agost 2012)
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel a Booker Prize (juliol 2012)
Group Read: Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel (main thread) a 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (juny 2012)
Beyond Black (no spoilers) a Orange January/July (gener 2012)
WOLF HALL by Hilary Mantel a Orange January/July (octubre 2011)

Ressenyes

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 | Hi ha 17 ressenyes més | 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 | Hi ha 644 ressenyes més | 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 | Hi ha 644 ressenyes més | 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.
… (més)
 
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SunnyJim | Hi ha 24 ressenyes més | Feb 26, 2024 |

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Obres
60
També de
21
Membres
33,009
Popularitat
#587
Valoració
4.0
Ressenyes
1,456
ISBN
643
Llengües
24
Preferit
111

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