Roald Dahl

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Roald Dahl

• The Writer and the Man
• by
• Lisa Franson

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Childhood

• Born in South Wales to Norwegian parents
• At age of four, sister and father die
• At age nine, enters boarding-school
• Academically weak, excelled at sports,
• lost himself in stories

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Into Africa

• Worked for Shell Oil selling petroleum products
• Became a RAF pilot
• Crashed in Libya
• Flew as a fighter pilot in Greece

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Becoming a Writer

• First short story published, Shot down in
  Libya
  
• Published first childrens book, The Gremlins
• After securing a literary agent, his short
  stories are published in American magazines

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Master of the Short Story

• Published in The New Yorker, Saturday Evening
  Post, Ladies Home Journal Harpers
  
• Published several popular anthologies of his
  short stories
  
• Master of the macabre
• Dark humor with a twist at the end

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Childrens Books

• Author of over twenty books for children

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964)
James and the Giant Peach (1961)

The Witches (1983)
Matilda (1988)
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Family Life

• Married Patricia Neal in 1953
• Had five children Olivia, Tessa, Theo, Ophelia
  Lucy
  
• Family tragedies
• Theo hit by car
• Olivia dies from encephalitis
• Patricia has three strokes

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Passions

• Racing Greyhounds
• Gambling
• Medical inventions
• Orchids
• Onions

• Breeding Budgies
• Golf
• Wine
• Music
• Art
• Antiques

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• Spent most of his life writing in his hut at
• Gipsy House in Great Missenden England
• Died November 23rd, 1990 at the age of 76

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