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28 de mai. de 2024 · Roald Dahl (born September 13, 1916, Llandaff, Wales—died November 23, 1990, Oxford, England) was a British writer who was a popular author of ingenious and irreverent children’s books. His best-known works include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) and Matilda (1988), both of which were adapted into popular films.
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Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, screenwriter and a wartime fighter ace. His books have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide. He has been called "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century".
- Who Was Roald Dahl?
- Early Life and Education
- Books
- 'James and The Giant Peach'
- 'Charlie and The Chocolate Factory'
- 'Fantastic Mr. Fox'
- 'The BFG'
- 'The Witches'
- 'Matilda'
- Movies
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Roald Dahl was a British author who penned 19 children's books over his decades-long writing career. In 1953 he published the best-selling story collection Someone Like You and married actress Patricia Neal. He published the popular book James and the Giant Peach in 1961. In 1964 he released another highly successful work, Charlie and the Chocolate...
Dahl was born in Llandaff, South Wales, on September 13, 1916. Dahl's parents were Norwegian. As a child, he spent his summer vacations visiting with his grandparents in Oslo. When Dahl was four years old, his father died. The young Dahl received his earliest education at Llandaff Cathedral School. When the principal gave him a harsh beating for pl...
Over his decades-long writing career, Dahl composed 19 children’s books. Despite their popularity, Dahl’s children’s books have been the subject of some controversy, as critics and parents have balked at their portrayal of children’s harsh revenge on adult wrongdoers. In his defense, Dahl claimed that children have a cruder sense of humor than adul...
Dahl first established himself as a children’s writer in 1961, when he published the book James and the Giant Peach, a book about a lonely little boy living with his two mean aunts who meets the Old Green Grasshopper and his insect friends on a giant, magical peach. The book met with wide critical and commercial acclaim.
Three years after his first children’s book, Dahl published another big winner, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. A quirky, solitary businessman, Willy Wonka, has been holed up alone inside his fantastical chocolate factory until he releases five golden tickets inside the wrappers of candy bars. Winners — including the poor little boy Charlie Buck...
Three farmers are out to get the cunning trickster Mr. Fox, who outwits them every time. Mr. Fox lives in a tree with his wife and family, which was inspired by a real 150-year beech tree Dahl knew as the “witches tree” standing outside his house.
Of his many stories, Roald Dahl said The BFGwas his favorite. He came up with the idea for a giant who stores dreams in bottles for kids to enjoy when they sleep several years before, and he told the story of the Big Friendly Giant to his own kids at bedtime.
A boy happens upon a witch convention, where the witches are planning to get rid of every last child in England. The boy and his grandmother must battle the witches to save the children.
Roald Dahl’s last long story follows the adventures of a genius five-year-old girl, Matilda Wormwood, who uses her powers to help her beloved teacher outwit the cruel headmistress.
Dahl wrote several television and movie scripts. Several film adaptations of his books have also been created (all of those made during his lifetime Dahl famously despised), most notably:
Roald Dahl was a British author who wrote 19 children's books, including classics like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda. He also wrote several screenplays and scripts, and was married to actress Patricia Neal.
O seu nome, Roald, foi dado em homenagem ao explorador norueguês Roald Amundsen (líder da primeira expedição a chegar ao Polo Sul, considerado herói nacional na Noruega na época). Em 1920, quando Roald tinha três anos, sua irmã de sete, Astri Dahl, morreu de apendicite.
Roald Dahl (13 de setembro de 1916 – 23 de novembro de 1990) foi um escritor britânico. Depois de servir na Royal Air Force durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial , tornou-se um autor mundialmente famoso, principalmente devido aos seus livros mais vendidos para crianças.
Roald Dahl was a prolific and influential writer of children's books, such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda. He was also a spy, a fighter pilot, a chocolate historian and a medical inventor.
Roald Dahl was a British novelist, writer of short stories, screen writer and fighter pilot. He was born in Wales in 13th September 1916. Before writing he also served in the Air Force and fought in the World War two. He was a flying ace and also an intelligence agent.
