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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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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1933 births2021 deaths20th-century South African novelists20th-century Zambian writers21st-century South African novelistsAlumni of MichaelhouseBritish Book Award winnersBritish historical novelistsBritish South Africa Police officersColumnistsEnglish people of Zambian descentNaturalised citizens of the United Kingdom