All About Roald Dahl
Dahl was born in Wales to Norwegian immigrant parents. He has been referred to as "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century". His awards for contribution to literature include the 1983 World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement and the British Book Awards' Children's Author of the Year in 1990. In 2008, The Times placed Dahl 16th on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
Books
The Gremlins
1943 Walt Disney Company
Over to You
1946 Reynal & Hitchcock
Some Time Never
1948
Someone Like You
1953 Alfred A. Knopf
Kiss Kiss
1960 Alfred A. Knopf
James and the Giant Peach
1961 Alfred A. Knopf
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
1964 Alfred A. Knopf
The Magic Finger
1966 Harper & Row
Fantastic Mr Fox
1970
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
1972
Switch Bitch
1974
Danny, the Champion of the World
1975
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
1977
The Enormous Crocodile
1978
My Uncle Oswald
1979
The Twits
1980
George's Marvellous Medicine
1981
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The BFG
1982
The witches
1983
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
1985
Matilda
1988
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Esio Trot
1990
The Vicar of Nibbleswicke
1991
The Minpins
1991
Screenplays
The Honeys
1955
You Only Live Twice
1967
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
1968
The Night Digger
1971
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
1971
Influences and Legacy
Roald Dahl died on 23 November 1990, at the age of 74 of a rare cancer of the blood, myelodysplastic syndrome, in Oxford, and was buried in the cemetery at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England. According to his granddaughter, the family gave him a "sort of Viking funeral". He was buried with his snooker cues, some very good burgundy, chocolates, HB pencils and a power saw. Today, children continue to leave toys and flowers by his grave. In November 1996, the Roald Dahl Children's Gallery was opened at the Buckinghamshire County Museum in nearby Aylesbury. The main-belt asteroid 6223 Dahl, discovered by Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos, was named in his memory in 1996.