Roald Dahl
13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990
Roald Dahl (1916–1990) was a British author born in Wales to Norwegian parents, best known for children's books including James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG and Matilda, as well as short stories for adults. He served as a Royal Air Force fighter pilot in the Second World War before beginning his writing career in the United States.
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Life events
Born in Llandaff, Wales, to Norwegian parents Harald and Sofie Dahl.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgBoarded at Repton, where the school's association with the Cadbury chocolate company later inspired Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWent to work for Shell and in 1938 was posted to Dar es Salaam in Tanganyika.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgJoined the RAF in Nairobi and trained as a fighter pilot; he was badly injured in a crash landing in Libya in September 1940.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMoved to the British Embassy in Washington, where his account of his flying experiences appeared in the Saturday Evening Post.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMarried the American actress Patricia Neal in New York; they had five children and divorced in 1983.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMade his home in Great Missenden, where he wrote in a hut in the garden for the rest of his life.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis first major children's novel was published in the United States.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgPublished the children's novel that became one of his best-known works.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgDied of a blood disorder at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford at the age of 74.
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