Roald Dahl was born the 13th of September 1916 and died the 23rd of November 1990. His father, Harald, had a terrible accident and had to cut off his left arm. His mother, Sofie married Harald in 1911 and they had five children but one of them, Astri, died from appendicitis when she was 7. He had three other sisters: Asta, Else and Alfhid.
Roald Dahl himself had five children: Olivia, Tessa, Theo, Ophelia and Lucy. Unfortunately Olivia died of the measles when she was 7.
Roald wrote: The BFG, Danny the Champion of the World, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Twits, Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Grate Glass Elevator, Fantastic Mr. Fox, George’s Marvellous Medicine.
He started writing for adults but then he started to write non-fiction books and fiction books for children. His stories were hilarious and we always want more and want to know what is going to happen next. If he were still alive we would want him to write more, more, more…
In some of his books like Matilda, for example you can find some of his experiences at school. You can also find some unpleasant adults. In James and the Giant Peach the two aunts aren’t nice and in Matilda the headmistress is the mean one. All of his books were funny, scary and sad but the main people that are nice in his books always win.
By Anne-Fleur and Francie
