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    • Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, screenwriter and a wartime fighter ace. His books have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide. He has been called "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century". Dahl was born in Wales to affluen… See more

    Born13 September 1916 · Cardiff, Wales
    Died23 November 1990 (aged 74) · Oxford, England
    SpousePatricia Neal · (m. 1953; div. 1983) · Felicity Crosland (m. 1983)
    ChildrenOlivia · Tessa · Theo · Ophelia · Lucy
    Early life and education

    Roald Dahl was born in 1916 at Villa Marie, Fairwater Road, in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales, to Norwegians Harald Dahl and Sofie Magdalene Dahl (née Hesselberg). Dahl's father, a wealthy shipbroker and self-made man, … See more

    Fighter pilot

    In August 1939, as the Second World War loomed, the British made plans to round up the hundreds of Germans living in Dar-es-Salaam. Dahl was commissioned as a lieutenant into the King's African Rifles, commandin… See more