Roald Dahl

Birth Name:

Roald Dahl

Birth Place:

Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales

Profession

Writer, Soundtrack, Actor

Enlisted in the Royal Air Force during World War II at the age of 23 and later fought in The Battle of Athens
Helped to invent the Wade-Dahl-Till valve, used to drain excess fluid from the brain, in response to an accident that caused his son Theo to develop hydrocephalus
Won an Edgar Allan Poe Award from Mystery Writers of America for his short story collection "Someone Like You" in 1954
Won the Federation of Children's Book Groups Award for "The BFG" in 1982, which he later stated his one of his own favorite stories
After being posted to Washington, D․C․ as an assistant air attaché at the British Embassy, he published his first piece of writing, "Shot Down Over Libya," in August 1942
Began working for the Shell Oil in 1934 and was later sent to the company's branch in Dar-es-Salaam in what is now Tanzania in 1938
His first short story collection, "Over to You," was published in 1946, with his first novel, "Some Time Never: A Fable for Supermen," following in 1948
Best known as a novelist who wrote the children's books "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "James and the Giant Peach," and "Matilda․"
Hosted a TV series for CBS called "'Way Out" in 1961 that featured adaptations of horror and sci-fi stories, and later hosted a similar series in Britain called "Tales of the Unexpected" in the 1980s
Wrote the screenplays for "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and the 1967 James Bond film "You Only Live Twice․"
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was partially inspired by his time at Repton boarding school, where students were given chocolate bars to taste test by a famous company

1959Primetime Emmy - Best Writing of a Single Program of a Dramatic Series - Less Than One Hour:Nominated
1980Edgar - Best Television Episode:Winner
1991Hugo - Best Dramatic Presentation:Nominated

Roald Dahl

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