Wilbur Smith, cult author who told the world about Africa, died in Cape Town, South Africa; he was 88 years old, and died unexpectedly, with his wife Niso beside him
Wilbur Smith, one of the most prolific and famous authors in the world, died Saturday November 13 in Cape Town, South Africa. He was 88 years old. To give the news was his site: He’s gone unexpectedly, after a morning of reading and writing, with the wife Niso. Smith, born January 9, 1933 in Northern Rhodesia, present-day Zambia, had survived malaria (contracted at 18 months) and polio (when he was 16). After three marriages, in 2000 he married his current wife Mokhiniso Rakhimova. I have lived through hard times and bad marriages, I have seen people I loved die in my arms: but in the end everything contributed to giving me an extraordinarily fulfilled, and wonderful life. I would like to be remembered as someone who managed to delight millions of readers had written at the end of his autobiography, Leopard Rock, the adventure of my life, published in 2018.
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He was the king of adventure novels. His books made us fall in love with his Africa.
Wilbur Smith died Saturday in Cape Town. He was 88 years old. The announcement from his site. Beside him his wife Mokhniso.
In recent weeks his book was released: The new kingdom on the Egyptian saga. A career that began in 1964.
He was born in Broken Hill, in what was then Northern Rhodesia and now Zambia.
His characters have told the journey of a tormented continent. The apartheid years, the claims of the black population. With The Fires of Wrath he anticipated South Africa’s tomorrow with characters who anticipated Nelson Mandela and the Boer nationalist leaders.
The Courtney and Ballantyne family sagas with prequels that traced the stories back to the seventeenth century. Heroes carved in stone, hard and fearless.
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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. https://t.co/vHT7uIiwu1 pic.twitter.com/fh91Z11G86
— Wilbur Smith (@thewilbursmith) November 13, 2021
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