"It is with great sadness that HarperCollins announces that bestselling author Dame Hilary Mantel died peacefully, surrounded by family and close friends, yesterday (Thursday) at the age of 70," the publishing house said. in a press release.
The writer published her first book in 1985, "Everyday is Mother's Day", but is best known for her "The Counselor" trilogy, dedicated to the tumultuous life of Thomas Cromwell, one of the main actors of the Reformation in England.
The first two parts of the series translated into 41 languages, "In the Shadow of the Tudors" and "Le Pouvoir", won him twice the prestigious Booker Prize.
The latest installment, released in 2020, was also critically acclaimed and sparked queues outside bookstores the day it was released.
Born on July 6, 1958 in Derbyshire (central England) in a family of Irish origin, Hilary Mantel (née Thompson) grew up with the disadvantage of being "woman, from the North and poor", told -t- her in her memoir "Giving Up the Ghost", published in 2003.
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