Published on: 8th October, 2009
British author Hilary Mantel is the winner of this year Man Booker Prize for “Wolf Hall” a historical novel about politics of Tudor England. Mantel has felt behind five other short listed authors counting Sarah Waters and JM Coetzee. Jamie Naughtie chairperson of the judges praised her books as an extraordinary story telling.
Jamie Naughtie added saying he was impressed by the boldness of its narrative, scene setting, and gleam of its detail. She created a contemporary novel, which happened in the 16th century. Author received £50,000 as a prize at a ceremony at London Guildhall she said it took her 20 years to decide on writing a book. Mantel said when she began writing a book her aim was to interest historians, amuse critical writers and establishment and to capture the imagination of general readers. Extraordinary way author has created her book one of the judge said it was a contemporary novel and a modern novel that is set in the 16th century. Mantel published her first novel in 1985; “Every day is Mother’s Day” followed by its sequel “Vacant Possession published” a year later. In 1989, she won the Winifred Holtby Memorial prize. She was also short listed for the Commonwealth Writers Prize and Orange prize in 2006 for the novel “Beyond Black” Mantel was presented with Hawthornden prize for her novel “An Experiment in Love.” William Hill offered odds at 10/11 the shortest odds ever given to a book to win the prize. Man Booker Prize for fiction was first awarded in 1969 with the aim was to promote the finest fiction and the best book of the year.