Roald Dahl Biography

1. ROALD DAHL

2. WHO IS ROALD DAHL?
• ROALD DAHL WAS A BRITISH NOVELIST, SHORT
STORY WRITER, POET, SCREENWRITER, AND
FIGHTER PILOT.
• HIS BOOKS HAVE SOLD MORE THAN 250 MILLION
COPIES WORLDWIDE.

3. WHEN AND
WHERE WAS
HE BORN?
• HE WAS BORN IN
LLANDAFF, WALES ON THE
13TH OF SEPTEMBER 1916.
• NAMED AFTER THE FIRST
MAN TO REACH THE
SOUTH POLE

4. HIS FAMILY LIFE
• HE MARRIED PATRICIA NEAL, AN AMERICAN
ACTRESS, IN 1953 AND THEY HAD 5
CHILDREN TOGETHER.
• AFTER 30 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, THEY
ENDED UP GETTING A DIVORCE AND HE
LATER WENT ON TO MARRY FELICITY
CROSLAND.

5. WHAT DID HE
DO?
• HE WROTE MANY
CHILDREN’S BOOKS THAT
LATER WERE MADE INTO
MOVIES.
• HE FOUGHT IN WORLD
WAR 2 IN THE ROYAL AIR
FORCE.
• HE WROTE SCREENPLAYS
FOR MOVIES.

6. OTHER FAMOUS BOOKS

7. HIS BOOKS THAT WERE MADE INTO MOVIES
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8. WHO DREW THE
PICTURES?
• QUENTIN BLACK ILLUSTRATED
MANY OF ROALD DAHL’S BOOKS.
• HE WAS BORN IN THE SUBURBS OF
LONDON IN 1932.
• HE HAS ALWAYS MADE HIS LIVING
AS AN ILLUSTRATOR AND ALSO
TEACHES AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE
OF ART.
• HIS FIRST DRAWINGS WERE
PUBLISHED WHEN HE WAS ONLY
16.

9. WHEN DID HE DIE?
• HE DIED IN OXFORD, UNITED
KINGDOM ON THE 23RD OF
NOVEMBER 1990 .
• HE WAS 74.

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE
STORY BY ROALD DAHL?