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ROALD DAHL
Roald Dahl was born in Wales, he rose to prominence in the 1940s with books for both children and adults and subsequently became one of the world’s best-selling authors. He has been referred to as “one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century”. Among his awards for contribution to literature, he received the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 1983, and the Children’s Author of the Year (from the British Book Awards) in 1990. In 2008 The Times placed Dahl 16th on its list of “The 50 greatest British writers since 1945”.
Dahl’s short stories are known for their unexpected endings and his children’s books for their unsentimental, often very dark humour. His most well known works include James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The Witches, Fantastic Mr Fox, The Twits, George’s Marvellous Medicine and The BFG.
From 1975 the illustrations in all of Roald Dahl’s books were done by Quentin Blake.
Dahl ranks amongst the world’s best-selling fiction authors with sales estimated at over 100 million
In a 2003 UK survey carried out by the BBC in order to find the “nation’s best loved novel” of all time, four of Dahl’s books were named in the Top 100!
- Roald Dahl 1961 JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH
- Roald Dahl 1964 CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
- Roald Dahl 1970 FANTASTIC MR FOX
- Roald Dahl 1978 THE ENORMOUS CROCODILE
- Roald Dahl 1980 THE TWITS
- Roald Dahl 1981 GEORGE’S MARVELLOUS MEDICINE
- Roald Dahl 1982 BFG
- Roald Dahl 1983 THE WITCHES
- Roald Dahl 1985 THE GIRAFFE AND THE PELLY AND ME
- Roald Dahl 1988 MATILDA
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