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Roald Dahl : 

Roald Dahl By Sarah Kirkland

Biography: 

Biography - Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff, Wales of Norwegian parents. - As a young boy, Dahl attended a private school in Wales and England.

Biography: 

Biography -The mean masters and older classmates Roald had inspired him to write children stories about kids who fight off cruel adults and/or authorities. After World War II where Dahl was a fighter pilot, he moved to America where he soon began writing stories.

Dahl’s Literature: 

Dahl’s Literature “The Gremlins” was Dahl’s first children’s book which was published with Walt Disney in 1943. - His first book of short stories emerged in the United States in 1945.

Dahl’s Literature: 

Dahl’s Literature James and the Giant Peach (published in 1961, animated film in 1996). -Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (published in 1964, film in 1971). -These two books presented the central theme that Dahl had in his children books: virtue is rewarded, vice is punished.

Dahl’s Awards: 

Dahl’s Awards Dahl received three Edgar Allen Poe Awards which were in 1954, 1959 and 1980. Dahl won his first literary prize with The BFG in 1982.

Other Works: 

Other Works Fantastic Mr. Fox, 1970 The Witches, 1973 - The Wonderful Story of Henry the Sugar and Six More, 1977 The Enormous Crocodile, 1978

Other Works con’t.: 

Other Works con’t. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, 1978 The Twits, 1980 Matilda, 1982 Rhyme Stew, 1983

Quotes About Dahl: 

Quotes About Dahl “His books are mostly fantasy, and full of imagination. They are always a little cruel, but never without humor- a thrilling mixture of grotesque and comic.” - Roald Dahl died in November 1990. The Times called him “one of the most widely read and influential writers of our generation.”

Work Cited: 

Work Cited www.kirjasto.sci.fi/rdahl.htm http://www.roalddahlfans.com/index.php http://home.rotfl.org/me/r_dahl