Roald Dahl was a writer with a wild imagination. He has written a lot of stories and not only children’s books but plays, movies, and adult novels. Roald Dahl was born on the 13 September 1916 in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales. He died on the 23 November 1990 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. He was 74 from Pneumonia just weeks after his sister Astri died of Appendicitis. Roald first attended The Cathedral School, Llandaff. He also attended several boarding schools in England, including Saint Peters in Weston-super-Mare after him and 4 of his friends were caned by the head master for dropping a dead rat in a jar of gobstopers at the local sweet shop. In August 1939, as World War II started, plans were made to round up the hundreds of Germans in Dar-es-Salaam. Dahl was made an officer in the King's African Rifles, commanding a platoon of Askaris, indigenous troops serving in the colonial army. In November 1939, Dahl joined the Royal Air Force as an Aircraftman. Roald Dahl has written stories like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Twits, Matilda, Danny the Champion of the World, The Witches, Charlie and the Glass Elevator, The BFG, The Magic Finger, Georges Marvellous Medicine and Going Solo. These are just some of Roald Dahl’s books he wrote. Children all ages love his writing most of his books for kids are really easy to read.
Roald Dahl was a magnificent writer, brother and son.
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