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Anadditional statementfrom 4th Estate said that Mantel died suddenly yet peacefully yesterday, surrounded by close family and friends.
Mantel then became a social worker in Botswana and Saudi Arabia before returning to Britain in the mid-1980s.
Her second work, a contemporary novel, was published in 1985 to critical acclaim.
Sly, terrifying, vegetable and profound.
She was a visionary as remarkable and rare as Milton or Blake.
What a terrible loss.
No one could hope to touch the hem of Hilary Mantels biblical, visceral genius.
Sly, terrifying, vegetable and profound.
She was a visionary as remarkable and rare as Milton or Blake.
What a terrible loss.
