Hilary Mantel Wins Booker Prize For Fiction
Filed by KOSU News in Art & Life.
October 6, 2009
A tale of political intrigue set during the reign of King Henry VIII won the prestigious Man Booker prize for fiction Tuesday.
Hilary Mantel’s “Wolf Hall” scooped the 50,000-pound ($80,000) prize. Mantel’s novel charts the upheaval caused by the king’s desire to marry Anne Boleyn, as seen through the eyes of royal adviser Thomas Cromwell.
Mantel’s novel beat stiff competition from a shortlist that included previous Booker winners A.S. Byatt and J.M. Coetzee.
A Booker win all but guarantees a a big surge in sales. Last year’s winner, Aravind Adiga’s “The White Tiger,” has sold more than 500,000 copies and been translated into 30 languages. Copyright 2009 National Public Radio
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