Hilary Mantel, elected as a Fellow of the RSL in 1990, was the first woman to be awarded The Booker Prize twice, first for Wolf Hall in 2009 and secondly for Bring Up The Bodies in 2012.
Recorded on date : November 30, 2020
Hilary Mantel, elected as a Fellow of the RSL in 1990, was the first woman to be awarded The Booker Prize twice, first for Wolf Hall in 2009 and secondly for Bring Up The Bodies in 2012.
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