BY: Mohammed Zainal, Aisha Al-Thani ,Aisha Al-Mansoori and

Mubarak Al-Mannai 6E

ROALD DAHL

How did he became a writer?

Roald Dahl was shot down in a plane in WW II and when he went to America as a writer asked him to give him facts

about what it was like so that he could write a newspaper article about it. Roald Dahl did, and the writer mailed back

and said that he had only asked for the facts, but Roald Dahl had written a really good story about it. It was so

good, the writer published the story exactly as Roald Dahl had written it. He got a bit well known then, and he started

writing books.

LIFE

What did roald dahl do before becoming a author?

Roald Dahl served in the Royal Air

Force

during the Second World War.

LIFE

Dahl's life was not always an easy one. He had to deal with much serious and tragic illness in his family. Theo had

hydrocephalus as a young boy due to multiple head injuries he suffered in an accident as an infant. Olivia died at age seven from measles encephalitis. His wife suffered three

cerebral hemorrhages. Then he had to undergo two spinal operations for crippling back pains. In fact, throughout his life,Dahl had eight major operations and a few countless smaller ones. Through it all, he always kept a wonderful

perspective on his life which shines through in his writing.

LIFE

Roald Dahl was born september 13 1916, five years after his Norwegian parents, who married in 1911, moved to

Cardiff from Norway. His father's name was Harold and his mother's name was Sophia. He also had a sister, Astri, but

she died of appendicitis when she was 7 and Roald was only 4. He also lost his father that same year. Later Roald was

sent to boarding school which he hated because they were very strict and used to cane the children for breaking harsh

rules.The one thing he really enjoyed was to go to Ms Pratchett's sweet shop near his school because he used  to buy  tasty chocolate bars. He used to enjoy the chocolate

bars so much that he later wrote charlie and the chocolate factory based on this memory of the shop.

FAMILY, CHILDHOOD  

BOOKS OF ROALD DAHL

1982

1980

1983 1988

1964