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Tributes continue to pour in following the death of SA author Wilbur Smith

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Tributes have been pouring in following the death of acclaimed international author Wilbur Smith. The 88-year-old passed away in Cape Town with his wife Niso by his side.

Smith was a Zambian-born South African writer specialising in historical fiction.

Described as one of the best adventure storytellers in the world,  Smith sold more than 140 million books, in a myriad of languages over his decades-long career. His first novel, and instant bestseller, ‘When the Lion Feeds’, was published in 1964. Fans of Smith say his death is a great loss to the literary world.

Here’s what some people had to say.

For Africa and for South Africa, it’s really a loss, but I think he will be remembered for his work that he left us.”

“His first books especially made you excited to be South African and take you into the countryside and adventurous and I was young then so it was everything, that real page-turner.”

“I didn’t know that he had passed. It’s quite sad, but his works will live on, his books will live on and I think they are as relevant today as they were when they were written.”

Tributes have also been flooding in on social media, with readers and authors alike, describing Smith as an epic writer and storyteller.

 

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