Author for children Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl

Living place: Cardiff

Birthday: 13-9-1916

Global rank: #6792

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Author for children Roald Dahl profile

Who is Author for children Roald Dahl?
Welsh-born novelist, playwright, and fighter pilot is the author of such children's classics as James and Peach Giant, BFG, and Matilda. Many of his popular books, including The Witches, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Fantastic Mr. Fox, was made into a feature film.
His family gave him a Viking funeral, placing chocolates, an electric saw, pencils, and his billiard cue in his coffin.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He participated in what he called the "Great Rat Lot of 1924," in which he and several other sons placed a dead rat in a jar of gobstoppers inside a women's "one-of-a-kind" confectionery. . The conspirators were later caught by the principal and beaten with a stick, and Dahl was sent to boarding school. In 1939, Dahl became a pilot in the Royal Air Force.

Family life info

He grew up in Cardiff, Wales as the child of Norwegian-born parents. When thirty years of marriage to actress Patricia Neal ended in divorce, Dahl married his second wife, Felicity Crosland. Dahl's first marriage produced five children: Olivia, Chantal, Theo, Ophelia, and Lucy

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Author for children Roald Dahl?
Johnny Depp played Willy Wonka in the 2008 film adaptation of Dahl's book, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

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Summary of Roald Dahl profile

When was Author for children Roald Dahl born?
Roald Dahl was born in 13-9-1916, death year is , at the age of 108.
Where is Author for children Roald Dahl's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Roald Dahl was born in Cardiff, of Wales. is a Author for children, whose Zodiac is Virgo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dragon. Roald Dahl's global rank is 6792 and whose rank is 3 in list of famous Author for children.
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Events in 1916 and 13-9

Events in the world in the birth year of Roald Dahl

  • Battle of Verdun is fought. Battle of the Somme follows in July. Background: World War I
  • Pershing fails in raid into Mexico in quest of rebel Pancho Villa.
  • Easter Rebellion in Ireland put down by British troops.

Birthday Roald Dahl (13-9) in history

  • Day 13-9 year 1943: Chiang Kai-Shek became president of China.
  • Day 13-9 year 1948: Republican Margaret Chase Smith of Maine was elected to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first woman to have served in both houses of Congress.
  • Day 13-9 year 1971: The four-day revolt at the maximum security prison in Attica, New York, ended when state police and National Guardsmen stormed the facility. Forty-two people died.
  • Day 13-9 year 1993: Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat shook hands after signing an historic peace agreement.
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