Roald Dahl was a British novelist born in 1916 who had a tragic early life, experiencing the loss of his sister and father by age 7. He went on to have a successful writing career, authoring famous children's books like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach. Dahl married American actress Patricia Neal and had five children, though one daughter passed away from measles complications. He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II and was inspired to write by his crash experience, publishing his first work afterwards. Dahl died in 1990 at age 74 from a rare blood disease.

1. ROALD DAHL By: Victoria BorraPurizaga

2. ROALD DAHL AND HIS FAMILY Roald Dahl was born on September 13, 1916 in Llandaff-United Kingdom. When he was three years old his seven year old sister (Astri) died of appendicitis, weeks later his father also died of pneumonia, at the age of 57.

3. his family Roald Dahl married an American actress called Patricia Neal on July 2nd, 1953 at Trinity Church in New York. Their marriage lasted for 30 years, they had 5 children: Olivia, Tessa, Theo, Ophelia, and Lucy. Olivia died when she was 7 years old because of measles encephalitis, because of it R.Dahl dedicated “The BFG” to her.

4. HIS CAREER In July 1934 Roald Dahl joined the Shell Petroleum company. After 2 years of training in the UK he was transferred to Dar-es-Salaam Tanganyika with two other employees.

5. WORLD WAR II In the world war II he joined the royal air force but when he was landing, he crashed, smashed his nose, fractured his skull, and temporarily blinded himself. Later he wrote about his crash for his 1st published work.

6. Books he wrote Roald Dahl wrote many books I’m going to mention some of them: 1. Children's books: a) Charlie and the chocolate factory. b) James and the giant peach. 2. Novels: a) My Uncle Oswald. 3. Poetry: a) Dirty Beasts. b) Revolting Rhymes. THERE ARE A LOT MORE STORIES!!!

7. HIS DEATH Roald Dahl died in November, 1990 at the age of 74 in Oxford, of a rare blood disease called: myelodysplastic anaemia. (sometimes called pre-leukemia)