Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl was born in 1916 in lindaff.He was named after the Norwegian polar explorer Roald umudsen.Roald Dahl sister and dad died in 1920..Roald Dahl died in November 23 the 1990 from a blood disease and was burried in cemetry.Roald dahl had 5 children.Roald Dahl flyt a gloster gladiator.He wrote more then 20 children books,including the twit,s,matilda and charlie and the choclate factory.Many of which have been turned into films, including the BFG, which comes out later this year.So we decided to take a look back at the author's life and share some fantastic facts with youRoald Dahl was incredibly creative and came up with more than 500 new words and character names.Such as the Oompa-Loopmas and scrumdiddlyumptious from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and snozzcumbers and frobscottle from the BFG.He was anoted novelist, short story writer, fighter pilot and screenwriterHe served in the Royal Air Force (November 1939–1945) and was a wartime fighter pilotSome of his best known books are James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, George's Marvellous Medicine, Fantastic Mr Fox, Matilda, The Witches and The BFG.Roald described his father’s death in his 1984 book Boy: Tales of Childhood. “[Astri’s] sudden death left him literally speechless for days afterwards. He was so overwhelmed with grief that when he himself went down with pneumonia a month or so afterwards, he did not much care whether he lived or died.”Harald’s death left Roald’s mother, Sofie Magdalene, responsible for five children and pregnant with another daughter, Asta, who was born in the autumn of 1920.