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Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl. by: Teddy McGovern, Jennie Racca, and Maggie Gladden. Birth info. born: September 13,1916 Born in llandaff, Whales. Parents. Mother: Sophie Magdalene Hessleburg Dahl Father: Harold Dahl, who was a shipbroker, painter, and Horticulturist. Siblings.

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Roald Dahl

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  1. Roald Dahl by: Teddy McGovern, Jennie Racca, and Maggie Gladden

  2. Birth info. • born: September 13,1916 • Born in llandaff, Whales

  3. Parents • Mother: Sophie Magdalene Hessleburg Dahl • Father: Harold Dahl, who was a shipbroker, painter, and Horticulturist

  4. Siblings • 3 sisters: Alfhid, Else, and Asta • 2 stepsisters • When Roald was four years old his stepsister, Astri, died of appendicitis.

  5. Spouses • Patricia Neal (divorced) “actress” • Felicity Ann Crosland (married to until death) “fashion coordinator”

  6. Children’s Names • 5 children • Olivia (deceased) • Tessa • Theo • Ophelia • Lucy

  7. Education • Llandaff Cathedral School • St. Peter’s School • Repton Public School (graduated)

  8. Miscellaneous Occupations • Shell Oil Co. (London) • Royal Air Force (fighter pilot and promoted to wing commander) • Author (obviously)

  9. Most Popular Books • Charlie And The Chocolate Factory • James And The Giant Peach • Danny: The Champion of the world • Matilda • The B.F.G

  10. Awards 1954-1972 • 1954     Wins Edgar Allen Poe award and Mystery Writers of America award. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory • 1959     Wins second Edgar Allan Poe Award and second Mystery Writers of America Award • 1972     Wins New England Round Table of Children's Librarians Award

  11. Awards From 1973-1978 • 1973     Wins Surrey School award (for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). • 1975     Wins Surrey School award (for Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator). • 1978     Wins Nene award (for Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator) and Surrey School award (for Danny the Champion of the World

  12. Awards1979-1982 • 1979     Wins California Young Reader Medal (for Danny the Champion of the World). • 1980     Wins third Mystery Writers of America award. • 1982     Wins Federation of Children's Book Groups Award (for The BFG) and Massachusetts Children's Award (for James and the Giant Peach).

  13. Awards From 1983-1985 • 1983     Wins New York Times Outstanding Books Award, Federation of Children's Book Groups Award, and Whitbread Award (all for The Witches). Also wins World Fantasy Convention Lifetime Achievement Award. • 1984     Wins Deutsche Jugendliteraturpreis (for The BFG). • 1985     Wins Kurt Maschler award runner–up (for The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me) and Boston Globe/Horn Book nonfiction honor citation (for Boy – Tales of Childhood).

  14. Awards from1986-1990 • 1986     Wins West Australian Award (for The Witches) and International Board on Books for Young People awards for Norwegian and German translations (for The BFG). • 1988     Wins Federation of Children's Book Groups Award (for Matilda). • 1990     Wins Smarties Award (for Esio Trot).

  15. Awards 1997-2000 • 1997     Wins Good Book Guide "Best Books of the Past 20 Years" (for The BFG). • 1998Matilda voted "Nation's Favorite Children's Book" in BBC Bookworm Poll. • 2000     Wins Millennium Children's Book Award and Blue Peter Book Award (for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory).

  16. Books Turned Into Movies • Matilda • Charlie And The Chocolate Factory • James And The Giant Peach

  17. Children’s books… • Danny: The Champion of the World, illustrated by Jill Bennett, Knopf, 1975. • The Enormous Crocodile, illustrated by Quentin Blake, Knopf, 1976, Puffin, 1993. • The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Mr. Willy Wonka (contains Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator), illustrated by Jaques, Allen & Unwin, 1978.

  18. Children Books… • The Twits, illustrated by Blake, J. Cape, 1981, Knopf, 1982. • George's Marvelous Medicine, illustrated by Blake, J. Cape, 1981, Knopf, 1982. • The Gremlins, illustrated by Walt Disney Productions, Random House, 1943. • James and the Giant Peach: A Children's Story, illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert, Knopf, 1961, illustrated by Michel Simeon, Allen & Unwin, 1967, Cornerstone Books, 1991.

  19. Children Books… • The Magic Finger, illustrated by William Pene du Bois, Harper and Row, 1966, illustrated by Tony Ross, Puffin, Fantastic Mr. Fox, illustrated by Donald Chaffin, Knopf, 1970. 1966, illustrated by Pat Marriot, Puffin, 1974. • Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator: The Further Adventures of Charlie Bucket and Willy Wonka, Chocolate-Maker Extraordinary, illustrated by Schindelman, Knopf, 1972, illustrated by Jaques, Allen & Unwin, 1973.

  20. Children Books • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, illustrated by Joseph Schindelman, Knopf, 1964, illustrated by Faith Jaques, Allen & Unwin, 1967, Cornerstone Books, 1989.

  21. Children’s books… • Esio Trot, illustrated by Blake, Viking, 1990, Puffin, 1992. • The Dahl Diary, 1992, illustrated by Blake, Puffin, 1991. • The Vicar of Nibbleswicke, illustrated by Blake, Viking, 1992.

  22. Children Books… • The Minpins, illustrated by Patrick Benson, Puffin, 1994. • My Year, illustrated by Blake, Viking, 1994. • Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes, illustrated by Blake, Viking, 1994.

  23. Children Books… • Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes, illustrated by Blake, J. Cape, 1982, Knopf, 1983, Puffin, 1995. • The BFG, illustrated by Blake, Farrar, Straus, 1982, Viking Penguin, 1985. • Dirty Beasts (verse), illustrated by Rosemary Fawcett, Farrar, Straus, 1983, Puffin, 1986.

  24. Children Books… • Matilda, illustrated by Blake, Viking Kestrel, 1988, Knopf, 1988, Puffin, 1990. • Roald Dahl: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, The BFG (boxed set), Viking, 1989. • Rhyme Stew (comic verse), illustrated by Blake, Viking Kestrel, 1989, Viking, 1990.

  25. Children Books. • The Witches, illustrated by Blake, Farrar, Straus, 1983, Puffin, 1985. • Boy: Tales of Childhood (autobiography), Farrar, Straus, 1984. • The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me, illustrated by Blake, J. Cape, 1985, Puffin, 1994.

  26. Adult books • Sometime Never: A Fable for Supermen (novel), Scribner, 1948. • My Uncle Oswald (novel), M. Joseph, 1979, Knopf, 1980. • Going Solo (autobiography), Farrar, Straus, 1986.

  27. Short Stories… • Over to You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying, Reynal, 1946. • Someone Like You, Knopf, 1953. • Kiss, Kiss, Knopf, 1953. • Selected Stories of Roald Dahl, Modern Library, 1968. • Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl (contains Someone Like You and Kiss, Kiss), M. Joseph, 1969.

  28. Short Stories • Switch Bitch, Knopf, 1974. • The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar and Six More, J. Cape, 1977. • The Best of Roald Dahl (includes selections from Over to You,Someone Like You,Kiss, Kiss, and Switch Bitch), introduction by James Cameron, Random House, 1978. • Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected, Vintage, 1979.

  29. More short stories • "Taste" and Other Tales, Longman, 1979. • A Roald Dahl Selection: Nine Short Stories, edited and introduced by Roy Blatchford, photographs by Catherine Shakespeare Lane, Longman, 1980. • More Tales of the Unexpected, Penguin, 1980, published in England as More Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected, M. Joseph, 1980, and as Further Tales of the Unexpected, Chivers, 1981. • Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories, Farrar, Straus, 1983. • Two Fables ("Princess and the Poacher" and "Princess Mammalia"), illustrated by Graham Dean, Viking, 1986, Farrar, Straus, 1987.

  30. Short Stories… • The Roald Dahl Omnibus, Hippocrene Books, 1987. • A Second Roald Dahl Selection: Eight Short Stories, edited by Helene Fawcett, Longman, 1987. • Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life, illustrated by John Lawrence, J. Cape, 1988, Knopf, 1989, Penguin, 1990. • The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl (an omnibus volume containing Kiss, Kiss,Over to You,Switch Bitch,Someone Like You, and Eight Further Tales of the Unexpected), Penguin, 1991. • The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl, Penguin, 1992

  31. Screenplays • "Lamb to the Slaughter" (teleplay), Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 1958. • (With Jack Bloom) You Only Live Twice, United Artists (UA), 1967. • (With Ken Hughes) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, UA, 1968.

  32. Screen Plays • The Night Digger (based on Nest in a Falling Tree, by Joy Crowley), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1970. • Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (motion picture; adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Paramount, 1971. • Also author of screenplays Oh Death, Where Is Thy Sting- a-Ling-a-Ling, United Artists; The Lightening Bug, 1971; and The Road Builder.

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