Portal:Children's literature/Selected biography/Feb2007

Roald Dahl with Patricia Neal

Roald Dahl /ˌroʊld ˈdɑːl/ (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short story author and screenwriter of Norwegian descent, famous as a writer for both children and adults.

Among his most popular books are Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, The Witches, The BFG, and Kiss Kiss.

Roald Dahl was born at 32 Fairwater Road, Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales in 1916, to Norwegian parents, Harald Dahl and Sofie Magdalene Dahl (née Hesselberg).(more...)