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Roald Dahl
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13 September 1916 - 23 November 1990
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Roald Dahl was born on 13 September 1916 in Cardiff, Wales. His Norwegian parents named him after Norway’s national hero, Roal Amundsen. When Roald was three years old in 1920, he lost his older sister and father almost at the same time. Left alone, Roald's mother moved with him to England. Dahl was educated in a closed boarding house for boys. After graduation, Roald joined the expedition to the island of Svalbard, and then got a job in the Shell company. At the age of 20 he went to Tanzania. He
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Roald Dahl was born on 13 September 1916 in Cardiff, Wales. His Norwegian parents named him after Norway’s national hero, Roal Amundsen. When Roald was three years old in 1920, he lost his older sister and father almost at the same time. Left alone, Roald's mother moved with him to England.
Dahl was educated in a closed boarding house for boys. After graduation, Roald joined the expedition to the island of Svalbard, and then got a job in the Shell company. At the age of 20 he went to Tanzania. He lived there from 1937 to 1939, and with the outbreak of World War II he went to serve as a fighter pilot in Nairobi, Kenya. Dahl fought fascists in the skies over Libya, Greece, Syria. Roald ended the war as a colonel.
It was during this wartime that Dahl wrote his first book “Gremlins” (1943), subsequently based on this story, a sensational science fiction film was shot in 1984. After the war, Dahl devoted himself entirely to literary work. He wrote stories, plays, stories.
Some of Dahl’s most beloved and popular works are Poison, Neck, Edward the Conqueror, and Wonderful Automatic Grammatizer. Roald was most popular after writing James and the Giant Peach in 1961. After the great success of this book, Dahl creates many stories for children: “Matilda”, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”. Dahl also wrote autobiographical books: “Boy”, “Flights alone”. In addition to writing books, Dahl realizes himself as a successful screenwriter. They wrote scripts for films.
"You only live twice" .
" Road builder .
"Snake" .
. The master of the paradoxical novel (as Roald Dahl was called) died on November 23, 1990. A museum named after him was created, where everything was preserved exactly as it was in the process of creativity of this amazing man.