Roald Dahl
Nato: September 13, 1916 – Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Roald Dahl was a British author and screenwriter known for children’s fiction and macabre short stories. His best-known books include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, and The BFG. His work has sold more than 300 million copies worldwide and been widely adapted for film and stage.
Biografia e Percorso dell'Autore
Roald Dahl was born on September 13, 1916, in Llandaff, Wales, to Norwegian parents, and his early life combined privilege, loss, and strict schooling in ways that later shaped his fiction. After the death of his father and sister when he was very young, he was raised by his mother, Sofie, who kept the family in Britain rather than returning to Norway. Dahl attended Llandaff Cathedral School, St Peter’s in Weston-super-Mare, and later Repton, where harsh discipline, homesickness, and vivid schoolboy observation furnished material he would later rework in memoir and fiction. He did not attend university. Instead, he joined Shell and was posted to East Africa, a formative experience that broadened his sense of place and adventure.
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Fantastic Mr Fox
Roald Dahl
Outwit the enemy: one fox's ingenious plan against impossible odds
Charlie and the chocolate factory
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A poor boy's magical adventure in a whimsical chocolate factory, filled with quirky characters and delicious surprises.
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Dark magic lurks among us: childhood nightmares deliciously reimagined.
Matilde
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Brilliant child unleashes magical powers against tyrannical grown-ups.
Fantastic Mr Fox
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Outwit the enemy: one fox's ingenious plan against impossible odds
Charlie and the chocolate factory
Roald Dahl
A poor boy's magical adventure in a whimsical chocolate factory, filled with quirky characters and delicious surprises.
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Dark magic lurks among us: childhood nightmares deliciously reimagined.
Matilde
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Brilliant child unleashes magical powers against tyrannical grown-ups.
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Voci della Community
"Roald Dahl was a British writer who was a popular author of ingenious and irreverent children’s books"
— Britannica
"To many, Roald Dahl is the genius behind some of the world’s most beloved children’s books, including Matilda, James and the Giant Peach and The BFG"
— TIME
"Roald Dahl is one of the greatest and wickedest children authors out there"
— Antiques Roadshow
"The funny and imaginative children’s stories of British author Roald Dahl are favorites with readers both young and old"
— Britannica Kids
"Roald Dahl wrote books powered by imagination and wit, alive with characters who stay with us"
— Francine Prose
"Roald Dahl, author of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "James and the Giant Peach" and other tales for children, died Friday"
— Los Angeles Times
"One hundred years after the birth of Roald Dahl, it’s hard to imagine childhood without his fantastic fictions"
— TIME
"Roald Dahl was fascinated by medicine and ‘The BFG’ is proof"
— The Washington Post
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