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Q357970
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Key facts
- Born
- Wilbur Addison Smith , ( 1933-01-09 ) 9 January 1933 , Ndola , Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia )
- Died
- 13 November 2021 (2021-11-13) (aged 88), Cape Town , Western Cape , South Africa
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Genre
- Nature , adventure
- Notable works
- When the Lion Feeds , The Dark of the Sun , Shout at the Devil , The Sunbird , Eagle in the Sky
- Spouse
- Anne Rennie (1957–1962), Jewell Slabbart (1964 – unknown date), Danielle Thomas (1971–1999), Mokhiniso Rakhimova (2000–2021)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Addison
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Kabwe
- Place of death
- Cape Town
- Occupation
- business executive
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- travel literature
- Official website
- wilbursmithbooks.com
- Image
- Wilbur Smith in Sydney.jpg
- Work location
- London
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- Wilbur Smith
- date of birth
- 1933-01-09
- birth name
- Wilbur Addison Smith
- name in native language
- Wilbur Smith
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- social media followers
- 4096
- date of death
- 2021-11-13
- end of work period
- 2021-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Wilbur Addison Smith (9 January 1933 – 13 November 2021) was a Rhodesian-born British-South African novelist specializing in historical fiction about international involvement in Southern Africa across four centuries.
He gained a film contract with his first published novel, When the Lion Feeds, which encouraged him to become a full-time writer. He went on to write three long chronicles of the South African experience, which became best-sellers. He acknowledged his publisher Charles Pick's advice to "write about what you know best"; his work focuses on southern African ways of life, with emphasis on hunting, mining, romance, and conflict.
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