Roald Dahl, a British author

• Roald Dahl

(September 13, 1916 to November 23, 1990)

Roald Dahl was born in 1916 at Villa Marie, Fairwater Road, in Llandaff, Cardiff.

Harald Dahl and Sofie Magdalene Dahl , his parents, were Norwegians.

His first language was Norwegian, which he spoke at home with his parents and his sisters Astri, Alfhild, and Else.

The children were raised in the Lutheran faith and were baptised at the Norwegian Church, Cardiff. His father died when the boy was 3 years old and he was raised by his mother.

• From 1929 to 1934 Dahl attended Repton School in Derbyshire. Dahl disliked Repton School for the cruelty and corporal punishment. Dahl had happy memories of his summer holidays with his mother's family in Norway.

• He was unhappy at St. Peter's boarding school in Weston-super-Mare: he was very homesick and wrote to his mother every week but never revealed his unhappiness to her.

After school he went to Africa to work for the Shell Oil Company .

Repton School

• World War II

Roald Dahl signed up with the Royal Air Force. He became a pilot and, then an intelligence officer, rising to the rank of acting wing commander. He was forced to attempt a landing in the desert. Unfortunately, he was injured in action. He became an invalid and returned home.

Roald Dahl was sent to Washington DC to work as an attaché. There he started his writing career.

Roald Dahl was interviewed for an article about his time in action. He wrote about his experiences. It was published in the Saturday Evening Post, which signed him up to write more articles.

In 1943 Roald Dahl wrote his first children’s book, “The Gremlins,”

It is about mischievous little creatures that were part of Royal Air Force folklore

• Dahl married American actress Patricia Neal on 2 July 1953 at Trinity Church in New York City. Their marriage lasted for 30 years and they had five children .

Dahl went on to write some of the best-loved children's stories of the 20th century

• Dahl wrote for adults as well , his works are full of humour and innocence with surprising plot twists.

• Dahl wrote for a science fiction and horror television anthology series called Way Out, also wrote for the satirical BBC comedy programme

• Awards

• 1954- Edgar Allen Poe award and Mystery Writers of America Award
• 1959- Edgar Allan Poe Award and Mystery Writers of America Award (again)

• 1972- New England Round Table of Children’s Librarians Award (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)

• 1973- Surrey School Award (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)

• 1975 Surrey School Award (Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator)

• 1978- Nene award (Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator) and Surrey School Award (Danny the Champion of the World)

• 1979- California Young Reader Medal (Danny the Champion of the World)

• 1980- Mystery Writers of America Award (again!!)

• 1982- Federation of Children’s Book Groups Award (The BFG) and Massachusetts Children’s Award (James and the Giant Peach)

• 1984- Deutsche Jugendliteraturpreis (The BFG)

• 1985- Runner- up for The Kurt Maschler Award (The Giraffe, the Pelly, and Me) and Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Honor Citation (Boy: Tales of Childhood)

• 1988-Federation of Children’s Book Groups Award (Matilda)

• 1990- Smarties Award (Esio Trot)

• 1997- Good Book Guide's “Best Books of the Past 20 Years” (The BFG)

• 1998- Voted “Nation’s Favorite Children’s Book” in BBC Bookworm Poll (Matilda)

• 2000- Millennium Children’s Book Award and Blue Peter Book Award (both for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)

• 1986- West Australian Award (The Witches) and International Board on Books for Young People Awards for Norwegian and German Translations (The BFG)

• 1983- New York Times Outstanding Books Award, Federation of Children’s Book Groups Award, and Whitbread Award (all for The Witches) AND The World Fantasy Convention Lifetime Achievement Award.

• Roald Dahl died on 23 November 1990, at the age of 74 and was buried in the cemetery at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England.

Dahl's gravestone, Church of St Peter and St Paul, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire

Источники:

https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl

https:// lingualeo.com/ru/jungle/from-roald-dahl-biography-465596

https:// sites.google.com/site/roalddahllitauthorstudy/about-the-author/awards