Roald Dahl

Norwegen · Schriftsteller · Lebte 1916 bis 1990 · im Alter von 74 · auch Vereinigtes Königreich

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Roald Dahl /ˈruɑl ˈdɑːl/ (* 13. September 1916 in Llandaff bei Cardiff, Wales; † 23. November 1990 in Oxford, England) war ein britischer Schriftsteller. Er schrieb Romane und Kurzgeschichten, denen ein feiner schwarzer Humor zugrunde liegt und die oft überraschend enden. Bekannt ist er zudem für seine Kinderbücher.

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Stationen eines Lebens

2024Prix Janusz Korczak de Littérature JeunesseAuszeichnung1993De KinderjuryAuszeichnung1991De KinderjuryAuszeichnungPremio Bernard VerseleAuszeichnung1990Gestorben23. November 1990“It began in 1982 when the Israelis invaded Lebanon. They killed 22,000 civilians when they bombed Beirut.”Eigene Worte21. März 1990The Independent, 21 March 1990Die ganze Aussage lesen

1989De KinderjuryAuszeichnung1988Bancarellino PrizeAuszeichnung1984“A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul and that, I am sure, is why he does it.”Eigene Worte"Goodbye school" in Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984)Die ganze Aussage lesen

“It was all this, I think, that made me begin to have doubts about religion and even about God.”Eigene Worte"The Headmaster" in Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984)Die ganze Aussage lesen

Zilveren GriffelAuszeichnung1983“[Closing comments] Now is the time for the Jews of the world to follow the example of the Germans and become anti-Israeli. But do they have the conscience?”Eigene WorteAugust 1983"Not a chivalrous affair" Literary Review (August 1983), as cited in Michael Coren "From the NS archive: Tale of the unexpected" NewDie ganze Aussage lesen

“Makes one wonder in the end what sort of people these Israelis are. It is like the good old Hitler and Himmler times all over again.”Eigene WorteAugust 1983From the Literary Review article of August 1983, as cited by Anna Steinman in "Roald Dahl: Proudly antisemitic" The Jewish Chronicle (15Die ganze Aussage lesen

World Fantasy Award for Life AchievementAuszeichnung1979Golden PaintbrushAuszeichnung1960Edgar AwardsAuszeichnung1954Edgar AwardsAuszeichnung1953“For her, this was always a blissful time of day.”Eigene Worte"Lamb to the Slaughter" (1953)Die ganze Aussage lesen

1916Geboren13. September 1916

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At the age of 10 with his sisters Alfhild, Else and Asta. Cardiff, 1927

Mrs Pratchett's former sweet shop in Llandaff, Cardiff, has a blue plaque dedicated to Dahl. His autobiography Boy: Tales of Childhood recalls the prank he and his friends played on her using a jar of gobstoppers.[29]

Repton School in Derbyshire, which Dahl attended from 1929 to 1934

Dahl's leather flying helmet on display in the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre in Great Missenden

Dahl was flying a Gloster Gladiator when he crash-landed in the Libyan desert.

A Hawker Hurricane Mk 1, the aircraft type in which Dahl engaged in aerial combat over Greece

Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl in April 1954

In ihren eigenen Worten 10

Roald Dahl

10 Aussagen, neueste zuerst

It began in 1982 when the Israelis invaded Lebanon. They killed 22,000 civilians when they bombed Beirut.
21. März 1990, The Independent, 21 March 1990, Eigene Worte
A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul and that, I am sure, is why he does it.
1984, "Goodbye school" in Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984), Eigene Worte
It was all this, I think, that made me begin to have doubts about religion and even about God.
1984, "The Headmaster" in Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984), Eigene Worte