WRITER

Hilary Mantel

1952 - 2022

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Dame Hilary Mary Mantel ( man-TEL; born Thompson; 6 July 1952 – 22 September 2022) was a British writer whose work includes historical fiction, personal memoirs and short stories. Her first published novel, Every Day Is Mother's Day, was released in 1985. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hilary Mantel has received more than 2,677,374 page views. Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Hilary Mantel is the 3,222nd most popular writer (up from 3,636th in 2019), the 2,339th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,672nd in 2019) and the 264th most popular British Writer.

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  • 2.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hilary Mantel ranks 3,222 out of 7,302. Before her are André Aciman, Jerzy Giedroyc, Victoria Benedictsson, Pavlo Tychyna, Hubert Selby Jr., and Roberto Calasso. After her are Kamalaśīla, Ford Madox Ford, Etgar Keret, Luo Yixiu, Kader Abdolah, and Antonio Beccadelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Hilary Mantel ranks 213. Before her are Marianne Williamson, Stewart Copeland, Marky Ramone, Bruno Giacomelli, Mehmet Ali Talat, and Gennady Timchenko. After her are Cécile La Grenade, Sharon Osbourne, Thierry Lhermitte, Josip Kuže, Marinho Chagas, and Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu. Among people deceased in 2022, Hilary Mantel ranks 215. Before her are Titus Buberník, Pharoah Sanders, Milutin Šoškić, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, George Crumb, and Joe E. Tata. After her are Phil Read, Olga Szabó-Orbán, Olavo de Carvalho, Sven-Bertil Taube, Jüri Tarmak, and Nino Cerruti.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hilary Mantel ranks 2,339 out of 8,785. Before her are Ephraim Chambers (1680), Joan of England, Queen of Scotland (1210), John Walker (1781), Robert Stevenson (1905), Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735), and Brenda Milner (1918). After her are George Buchanan (1506), William Edward Ayrton (1847), Sharon Osbourne (1952), Ford Madox Ford (1873), Harold Abrahams (1899), and Richard Swinburne (1934).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Hilary Mantel ranks 264. Before her are William Ernest Henley (1849), Jojo Moyes (1969), Ken Robinson (1950), Robert Harris (1957), Lady Caroline Lamb (1785), and Ephraim Chambers (1680). After her are Ford Madox Ford (1873), Arnold Bennett (1867), Paul Johnson (1928), Frances Burney (1752), John Brunner (1934), and Peter Mayle (1939).

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