Roald Dahl's Biography

1. B R I A N A S U I T T
Roald Dahl

2. Roald Dahl
Born September 13, 1916
in Llandaff, South Wales
At age 4 his father died.
He was very smart in
school but was very bad.
His mom wanted him to go
to Oxford or Cambridge
University, but he wanted
to work in a faraway place
like Africa or China.
He then found a job in
Tanzania, Africa with the
Shell Oil Company where
he worked in 1932-1939.

3. Adventure
He wanted more adventure
so he joined the Royal Air
Force in 1939.
In Nairobi, Kenya, he
trained to become a WWII
fighter pilot.
When serving in the
Mediterranean, he crashed
in Alexandria, Egypt.
His injuries were really
bad: injury to the skull,
spine and hip.
He had a hip replacement
and 2 spinal surgeries.
He then went to
Washington, D.C. to
become an assistant air
attaché.

4. Writing
While in Washington D.C., he
started writing and his first book
was The Gremlins in 1942 for
Walt Disney.
He then wrote more books like
Someone Like You in 1953 and
Kiss, Kiss in 1959.
He married an actress, Patricia
Neal in 1961. They were married
for 30 years with five children.
He read all of his stories to his
children and made changes based
off of his children’s reactions.

5. Famous Books that are Movies

6. Death
In November 12, 1990 he
had a bad infection
In the England hospital, he
died November 23, 1990 at
age 74.
He had written 19 children’s
books and 9 short story
collections.