I became a writer thanks to the stories my mother read to me (Wilbur Smith)

Wilbur Smith is one of the most important and popular writers in the world. His works have been sold over 120 million copies, of which 23 million in Italy. Times he called it «a cult author, one of those points of reference to which other writers are continually compared."

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Some time ago, in an interview, Smith revealed the secret of his success, the genesis of his passion for reading and writing. He owes everything to his mother, who used to read to him as a child before going to bed tales. And so he put him to sleep in the world of fantasy, training the muscles of his imagination.

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Smith writes: «There was a time when all mothers, in the evening, read a story to their children. This is one of the first memories I have: my mother, sitting next to my bed, with a book in her hand, her voice becoming the thousand voices of the characters, and the thousand adventures that thanks to her I lived before falling asleep". And he adds: "Perhaps this is why, as soon as I learned to read on my own, two fundamental things happened in me: I developed an immediate passion for telling stories over and over again, and I began to nurture a deep respect, almost a form of reverence, for the written word. Both have accompanied me throughout my life, and still do. And that's probably why, deep down, even before embarking on this career, I always imagined myself as a writer.».

The cover photo is taken from the Facebook page of Wilbur smith.

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