The Oxford Companion to English Literature | Dahl, Roald
Dahl, Roald
(
1916
–
90
),
short story writer, novelist, and children's writer, born of Norwegian parents in Llandaff, Glamorgan. His first collection of stories, Over to You (
1946
), drew on his wartime experiences as a fighter pilot. Dahl published several more collections, including Someone Like You (
1953
), Kiss Kiss (USA
1959
, UK
1960
), Switch Bitch (
1974
), and The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More (
1977
). A number of stories were dramatized for television, and subsequently republished, as Tales of the Unexpected, and a collected edition of his short stories appeared in
1991
. Dahl's penchant for the conte cruel was adapted with international success for children in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (
1964
), George's Marvellous Medicine (
1981
), Revolting Rhymes (
1982
), and The Witches (
1983
) (See childrens’ literature...
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