Roald Dahl
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 33 years ago |
Date of birth | September 13,1916 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Llandaff |
Cardiff | |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | November 23,1990 |
Died | Oxford |
United Kingdom | |
Short stories | Lamb to the Slaughter |
The Landlady | |
Height | 198 (cm) |
Awards | World Fantasy Award—Life Achievement |
Edgar Award for Best Short Story | |
Edgar Award for Best Television Episode Teleplay | |
CableACE Award for International Children's Programming Special or Series | |
Children | Olivia Dahl |
Tessa Dahl | |
Theo Matthew Dahl | |
Lucy Dahl | |
Ophelia Dahl | |
Spouse | Felicity d'Abreu Crosland |
Patricia Neal | |
Books | Matilda |
The BFG | |
The Witches | |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | |
Grandchildren | Sophie Dahl |
Phoebe Dahl | |
Chloe Michaela Dahl | |
Clover Kelly | |
Ned Donovan | |
Luke Kelly | |
Alexa Isabella Dahl | |
Parents | Harald Dahl |
Sofie Magdalene Dahl | |
Downwards | Boy, Tales of Childhood |
Boy and Going Solo | |
Going Solo | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 409306 |
Matilda
The Witches
The BFG
Fantastic Mr. Fox
James and the Giant Peach
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Tales of the Unexpected
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
You Only Live Twice
'Way Out
36 Hours
The Night Digger
Four Rooms
Danny, the Champion of the World
Revolting Rhymes
Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Revolting Rhymes Part One
Revolting Rhymes Part Two
Inaudito
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Breaking Point
Dirty Beasts
Roald Dahl Life story
Roald Dahl was a British popular author of children's literature and short stories, a poet, and wartime fighter ace. His books have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide. Dahl has been called "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century".
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Roald Dahl: Original books to be printed by Penguin following criticism
Roald Dahl 's original books are to be printed under their Puffin titles, publishing house Penguin has said.
The unaltered story books will now go alongside updated versions of his hugely popular children's writing.
Earlier This Week , Dahl's estate said books such as The Bfg and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory had been made more suitable for modern audiences.
Words including " fat" and " ugly" were removed, but said they should not be " airbrushed".
Sir Salman Rushdie called the edits " censorship" whilst His Dark Materials author Philip Pullman told BBC Radio 4 that Dahl's books " should be allowed to fade away" not changed if people judge them to be offensive.
Penguin's Managing Director Francesca Dow said: " We've listened to The Debate over The Past week which has reaffirmed The Extraordinary power of Roald Dahl 's books, and the very real questions around how stories from Another Era can be kept relevant for each New Generation . "
Penguin said their latest decision to keep producing the original versions was because " we recognise the importance of keeping Dahl's classic texts in print".
Puffin said the release of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, featuring original versions of his children's books, was in order to " keep the texts in print".
Francesca Dow added: " At Puffin we have proudly published Roald Dahl 's stories for More Than 40 Years in partnership with the Roald Dahl Story Company.
" Their mischievous spirit and his unique storytelling genius have delighted The Imaginations of readers across many generations.
Updated changes to his books include " fat" being removed in reference to Augustus Gloop in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , whilst Mrs Twit in The Twits is no longer referred to as " ugly and beastly" but just " beastly".
Also in The Twits , " a weird African language" is no longer weird in the new updated versions.
The titles due to be published without any edits are: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , Matilda, The Bfg , Fantastic Mr Fox, George's Marvellous Medicine, James and The Giant Peach, The Witches , The Twits , The Giraffe , the Pelly and Me, The Enormous Crocodile, Esio Trot , Billy and the Minpins, The Magic Finger, Charlie and The Great Glass Elevator, Danny The Champion of The World .
Penguin said they will be available before The End of the year.
Dahl, who died aged 74 in 1990, remains one of the UK's most popular children's authors, and Netflix bought the rights to his works in 2021.
But antisemitic comments made throughout his life led to Dahl being a highly problematic figure.
In 2020, His Family apologised, saying they recognised the " lasting and understandable hurt caused by Roald Dahl 's antisemitic statements".
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