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Wilbur Smith Biography
Wilbur Addison Smith was a British-African novelist who wrote more than 50 novels in his lifetime. Smith is a household name among contemporary novelists. He was born on January 9, 1933, in Zambia, a country betwixt South, Central and East Africa.
Childhood
Wilbur Smith was named after the famous aviator Wilbur Wright.
Since childhood, Smith thought he never fitted in with the other students and constantly felt out of place.
Biography of wilbur smith
Smith’s father was a metal worker who Smith described as a “tough man”. Wilbur Smith attended Michaelhouse for high school, and Rhodes University to get his Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce in 1954. Smith tried his hands at various jobs like a gold mine, fishing boats, whaling ship, rubber factory and finally his own sheet metal establishment.
He had always been fond of books.
Career
Wilbur Smith started writing in his spare time, while he was working with the Inland Revenue Service. He sent out his first story