Roald Dahl was born in 1916 at Villa Marie, Fairwater Road, in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales, to Norwegians Harald Dahl (1863–1920) and Sofie Magdalene Dahl ( née Hesselberg) (1885–1967). His works for older audiences include the short story collections Tales of the Unexpected and The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More.Įarly life Childhood Dahl at age 10 with his sisters Alfhild, Else and Asta. His works for children include James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The Witches, Fantastic Mr Fox, The BFG, The Twits, George's Marvellous Medicine and Danny, the Champion of the World.
His children's books champion the kindhearted and feature an underlying warm sentiment. ĭahl's short stories are known for their unexpected endings, and his children's books for their unsentimental, macabre, often darkly comic mood, featuring villainous adult enemies of the child characters. In 2021, Forbes ranked him the top-earning dead celebrity. In 2008, The Times placed Dahl 16th on its list of "The 50 Greatest British Writers Since 1945". His awards for contribution to literature include the 1983 World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement and the British Book Awards' Children's Author of the Year in 1990. He rose to prominence as a writer in the 1940s with works for children and for adults, and he became one of the world's best-selling authors. He became a fighter pilot and, subsequently, an intelligence officer, rising to the rank of acting wing commander. He served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. ĭahl was born in Wales to affluent Norwegian immigrant parents, and spent most of his life in England. Dahl has been called "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century". His books have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide. Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British popular author of children's literature and short stories, a poet, and wartime fighter ace.
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