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2022

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Hilary Mantel, who died recently, belonged to which profession?
A
Author
B
Singer
C
Director
D
Athlete
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hilary Mantel was ‘excitedly’ working on her latest novel just days before she died suddenly of a massive stroke at the age of 70. The bestselling author of the Wolf Hall books passed away today at Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital ‘suddenly yet peacefully’.

Detailed explanation-2: -Her most notable work was a trilogy based on the life of Thomas Cromwell: Wolf Hall (2009), Bring Up the Bodies (2012), and The Mirror & the Light (2020). Born into a working-class Roman Catholic family, Mantel attended convent school before embarking on a law degree at the London School of Economics.

Detailed explanation-3: -Two-time Booker Prize–winning author Hilary Mantel died on September 22 at a hospital in Exeter, England, of complications from a stroke she suffered two days earlier. She was 70. Mantel was born on July 6, 1952, in Glossop, England.

Detailed explanation-4: -It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Fay Weldon (CBE), author, essayist and playwright. She died peacefully this morning 4th January 2023. Author Jenny Colgan led the tributes, describing Weldon as “formidable, fierce and wonderful".

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