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Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff, South Wales, on September 13, 1916
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When he was four years old his father dies of pneumonia
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His family moved to Kent in England, and he was sent to Repton Public School
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Dahl joined the Royal Air Force and learned to fly warplanes. After training in Nairobi, Kenya, he became a World War II fighter pilot. While serving in the Mediterranean, Dahl crash-landed in Alexandria, Egypt. The plane crash left him with serious injuries to his skull, spine and hip.
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His first story was a newspaper account of his air crash.
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Roald Dahl begins work on The Gremlins, published in April 1943
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Roald Dahl's first short story collection.
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Roald Dahl married the American actress, Patricia Neal, with whom he had five children
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A book about a lonely little boy living with his two mean aunts who meets the Old Green Grasshopper and his insect friends on a giant, magical peach. The book met with wide critical and commercial acclaim.
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Way Out, presented by Roald Dahl, runs for 14 episodes on American TV channel CBS
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It was published the most famous book his life (USA). Three years later it was published in the UK. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka.
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A book about of three farmers are out to get the cunning trickster Mr. Fox, who outwits them every time. Mr. Fox lives in a tree with his wife and family, which was inspired by a real 150-year beech tree Dahl knew as the “witches tree” standing outside his house
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Of his many stories, Roald Dahl said The BFG was his favorite. He came up with the idea for a giant who stores dreams in bottles for kids to enjoy when they sleep several years before, and he told the story of the Big Friendly Giant to his own kids at bedtime.
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A book about of a boy who happens upon a witch convention, where the witches are planning to get rid of every last child in England. The boy and his grandmother must battle the witches to save the children.
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He won that for Life Achievement.
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Roald Dahl’s last long story follows the adventures of a genius five-year-old girl, Matilda Wormwood, who uses her powers to help her beloved teacher outwit the cruel headmistress.
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He died in Oxford, England
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The Times placed Dahl 16th on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
