Roald Dahl

Also known as Wing Commander Roald Dahl

British writer and poet (1916–1990)

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Roald Dahl was a British author and poet who lived from 1916 to 1990 and became famous for creating imaginative stories that appealed to both children and adults. His works matter because they are widely read, celebrated for their distinctive voice and memorable characters, and continue to influence literature and popular culture.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 13 September 1916
Died: 23 November 1990
Works: 750

Top works

It's Great To Be Eight
מטילדה
The best horror stories
Murder by the Glass
Phizz-whizzing Feelings

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Writing · Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales, UK

Roald Dahl (September 13, 1916 – November 23, 1990) was a British novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and fighter pilot. His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide. Born in Wales to Norwegian immigrant parents, Dahl served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He became a flying ace and intelligence officer, rising to the rank of acting wing commander.…

Known for

Tales of the Uncanny — Self (archive footage)2020
The Marvellous World of Roald Dahl — Self (archive footage)2016
Fantastic Mr. Dahl — Self (archive footage)2005
Pure Imagination: The Story of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory' — Self (archive footage)2001
Danny and the Dirty Dog: The Making of 'Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World' — Self1989
Going Live! — Self1987
Way North, Five Norwegian Artists — Self - Narrator1985
Tales of the Unexpected: A Picture of a Place — Self - Introduced by1980
Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected: The Landlady — Self1979
Tales of the Unexpected — Self - Introduced by(uncredited)1979

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1916
Active to: 1990

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Discography

Official site Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 7,554
Total plays: 432,318

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

The validity of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
· 2002 · cited 8,163x
Deep Neural Networks for Acoustic Modeling in Speech Recognition: The Shared Views of Four Research Groups
· 2012 · cited 7,836x
Review of Particle Physics
· 2018 · cited 5,698x
Review of Particle Physics
· 2012 · cited 5,090x
2021 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease
· 2021 · cited 4,814x

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Quotes

“Must Israel, like Germany, be brought to her knees before she learns how to behave in this world?”
“Never before in the history of man has a race of people switched rapidly from being much pitied victims to barbarous murderers. Never before has a race of people generated so much sympathy around the world and then, in the space of a lifetime, succeeded in turning that sympathy into hatred and revulsion.”
“[Closing comments] Now is the time for the Jews of the world to follow the example of the Germans and become anti-Israeli. But do they have the conscience? And do they, I wonder, have the guts?”
“[M]akes one wonder in the end what sort of people these Israelis are. It is like the good old Hitler and Himmler times all over again.”
“[Responding to criticism as to how he ended his Literary Review article] Perhaps I shouldn't have said that, but it came from my wartime experience [in the RAF], we saw almost none of them in the armed forces then. I mean if you and I were in a line moving towards what we knew were gas chambers I’d rather have a go at taking one of the guards with me; but they were always submissive.”
“This I did not dare to say, but there is a trait in the Jewish character that does provoke animosity, maybe it's a kind of lack of generosity towards non-Jews. I mean Hitler, I mean there’s always a reason why anti-anything crops up anywhere; even a stinker like Hitler didn't just pick on them for no reason...”

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Official website

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Wikidata facts

Official website: www.roalddahl.com
Image: Roald Dahl.jpg

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date of birth: 1916-09-13
date of death: 1990-11-23
start of work period: 1942-00-00
Commons category: Roald Dahl
social media followers: 67793
date of baptism: 1916-12-01
name in native language: Roald Dahl
P12674: Alfred de Pischof
P12749: Latvia at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Sources (15)

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Works in European collections

2 objects attributed to Roald Dahl, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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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 affluent Norwegian immigrant parents, and lived for most of his life in England. He served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. He became a fighter pilot and subsequently an intelligence officer, rising to the rank of acting wing commander. He rose to prominence as a writer in the 1940s with works for children and for adults, and he became one of the world's best-selling authors. His awards for contribution to literature include the 1983 World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement and the British Book Awards' Children's Author of the Year in 1990. In 2008, The Times placed Dahl 16th on its list of "The 50 Greatest British Writers Since 1945". In 2021, Forbes ranked him the top-earning dead celebrity.