Wilbur Smith died, the writer was 88 years old

Writer Wilbur Smith is dead. The author of numerous bestsellers passed away this afternoon at the age of 88 at his Cape Town home in South Africa. The announcement of Wilbur Smith’s disappearance appeared on his site. “We are sorry to announce that beloved international bestselling author Wilbur Smith passed away unexpectedly this afternoon at his Cape Town home, with his wife Niso by his side,” the text of the message announcing the writer’s death. Wilbur Smith, born in 1933 in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), he grew up and studied in South Africa. He had devoted himself full time to fiction since 1964 and had published numerous successful novels since then, so much so that he was considered a ” master of adventure ”. Over 120 million copies of his books have been sold worldwide, of which 25 million in Italy.