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    ROALD DAHL ( 1916 - 1990 )

    Roald Dahl is a British Novelist , Poet and Screenwriter born on the


    13th of September 1916 . He is also a popular author for children’s
    literature and short stories. He was born in Wales to affluent
    immigrant Norwegian parents named Harald Dahl and Sofie
    Magdalene Dahl. Roald Dahl has five siblings in his family. He and
    his family spent most of their life in England. Roald Dahl spent two
    years at the Cathedral School in Llandaff, from the age of seven to
    nine. He then moved to St Peter's boarding school in
    Weston-super-Mare. At the age of 13 he moved on to Repton School in
    Derbyshire.
    Roald Dahl started his work life by working in Dar es Salaam ,
    Tanganyika (now in Tanzania) from 1937 to 1939. However when
    World War 2 broke out, he had to be enlisted for the Royal Air
    Force. Roald Dahl became a fighter pilot. He was seriously injured in
    a crash landing in Libya. He also became a spy for the British
    government. Roald Dahl’s first ever written children’s book
    “Gremlins” is about some mischievous little creatures that were part
    of the Royal Air Force Folklore. The English Novelist C.S.Forester
    gave encouragement to Roald Dahl to write his first book ever, which
    was “A Piece of Cake” written on the 1st of August 1942. The book
    was about his wartime adventures. Charles Dickens,Rudyard Kipling
    are two of many people that influenced Roald Dahl on his journey of
    writing books.
    Most of the characters from Roald Dahl’s books are people who he
    knows very well such as the grandma in the book “Witches” is
    actually his mom and the small girl from the book “BFG” is actually
    his granddaughter Sophie. His works create incredible worlds and
    have shown the readers the immense power of language. “Charlie
    and the chocolate factory” is one of the most recognized books written
    by Roald Dahl. He was inspired to write the story because of
    experiences he had as a child when candy companies would solicit
    input from children about their products. “BFG”, “Matilda”,
    “Witches”, “The Enormous Crocodile” etc are four of many books
    written by Roald Dahl which were recognised by the whole world.
    Sadly, On 23rd of November 1990, Roald Dahl, one of the greatest
    storytellers for children in the 20th century, passed away at the age
    of 74.

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