Wilbur Smith
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 3 years ago |
Web site | www.wilbursmithbooks.com |
Date of birth | January 9,1933 |
Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
Born | Kabwe |
Zambia | |
Genres | Adventure |
Spouse | Mokhiniso Smith |
Danielle Antoinette Thomas | |
Children | Dieter Schmidt |
Christian Smith | |
Kawrence Smith | |
Shaun Smith | |
Lawrence Smith | |
Education | Rhodes University |
Cordwalles Preparatory School For Boys | |
Michaelhouse | |
Movies/Shows | Shout at the Devil |
The Kingfisher Caper | |
Gold | |
The Last Lion | |
Dark of the Sun | |
Mountain of Diamonds | |
Died | Cape Town |
South Africa | |
Parents | Herbert James Smith |
Elfreda Smith | |
Date of died | November 13,2021 |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 564977 |
Courtney's War
The Seventh Scroll
Warlock
Birds of Prey
Assegai
Pharaoh
The Tiger's Prey
Monsoon
Vicious Circle
Blue Horizon
Golden Lion
Those in Peril
Desert God
The Burning Shore
The Quest
The Triumph of the Sun
Predator
The Sound of Thunder
The Eye of the Tiger
A Time to Die
Power of the Sword
Eagle in the Sky
The Sunbird
Rage
Golden Fox
Hungry as the Sea
Wild Justice
Shout at the Devil
A Falcon Flies
Men of Men
Gold Mine
The Leopard Hunts in Darkness
Cry Wolf
Dark of the Sun
The Diamond Hunters
Egyptian
Wilbur Smith
The Courtneys of Africa
The Last Shepherd
Elephant Song [and] Golden Fox
A Falcon Flies; Men of Men; the Angels Weep; and the Leopard Hunts in Darkness
Courtney's oorlog
Zloty Lis
River God
Wilbur Smith Life story
Wilbur Addison Smith was a Northern Rhodesian-born British-South African novelist specialising in historical fiction about international involvement in Southern Africa across four centuries. An accountant by training, he gained a film contract with his first published novel When the Lion Feeds.
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Wilbur Smith: Popular Zambian-born author dies aged 88
...International best-selling author Wilbur Smith has died at his home in Cape Town at the age of 88, his publisher has announced...
Wilbur Smith: Popular Zambian-born author dies aged 88
International best-selling author Wilbur Smith has died at his home in Cape Town at the Age Of 88, his publisher has announced.
He Passed Away on Saturday Afternoon with his wife, Niso, by his side, a statement published on the Wilbur Smith Books website said.
Smith 's 49 published books have sold More Than 140 million copies worldwide.
He gained widespread recognition following the publication of his debut novel When The Lion Feeds in 1964.
The Book , which told The Story of a young man Growing Up on a South African cattle ranch in The Shadow of the Zulu wars and the Gold Rush , quickly became a bestseller.
It was a tale based partly on his own Experience - Smith told The Bbc in an interview in 2013 that at the Age Of 13 he shot dead A Lion that had attacked cattle on his father's property.
Indeed, the novelist's personal life resembled that of many of his buccaneering protagonists; he was a Big Game hunter, a scuba diver and also a licensed pilot.
Smith was also " a believer In Deep research" says, and the success of his First Book allowed him the " opportunity to travel far and wide In Search of inspiration and adventure".
We Are sorry to announce that The Beloved , global bestselling author Wilbur Smith Passed Away unexpectedly this afternoon at his Cape Town home, with his wife Niso by his side.
— Wilbur Smith (@thewilbursmith) The Bbc is not responsible for the content of external sites.In a biography on his website, Smith describes his interest in weaving " chunks of early African history" into his work. " I wrote about Black People and white. I wrote about hunting and gold mining and carousing and women. "
Born in January 1933 in Northern Rhodesia , now Zambia, he devoured tales from Rider Haggard and John Buchan as a child.
Smith , who was named after US aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright , detailed more of his own life in his memoir On Leopard Rock, released in 2018.
Other bestsellers include The River God and The Triumph of The Sun .
Source of news: bbc.com