The Associated Press. The cause of death was a stroke, The New York Times reported, citing her literary agent Bill Hamilton. “She had so many great novels ahead of her,” Hamilton said, adding that Ms.
Mantel had been working on one at the time of her death. “It’s just an enormous loss to literature.” Mantel was considered one of the top modern English novelists, and the first to win the Booker Prize, Britain’s most prestigious literary award, twice – for “Wolf Hall” and its sequel, “Bring Up the Bodies.” The final book of the trilogy, “The Mirror and the Light,” was a finalist for the 2020 prize.
The success of the series is credited with helping to recharge interest in historical fiction.“Wolf Hall” and “Bring Up the Bodies” were adapted for television by the BBC with Mark Rylance as Cromwell.
The first episode premiered on PBS in April 2015 and now streams on Amazon Prime.Rylance shared news of Mantel’s death on Twitter, but did not issue a statement.“Her beloved works are considered modern classics,” Harper Collins said in a statement. “She will be greatly missed.” Born Hilary Mary Thomspon in Derbyshire, England, Mantel studied law at Sheffield University but abandoned her education because she couldn’t afford to finish.
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