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13/09/1916 Writer Roald Dahl is born

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Roald Dahl: From Books To Film

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Storyteller: The Life of ROALD DAHL | Animated Book Summary

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A history of one of Britain's best loved children's authors, Roald Dahl

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The Marvellous World of Roald Dahl ✪ Biography Documentary Channel

Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and fighter pilot. His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide. Dahl's short stories are known for their unexpected endings, and his children's books for their unsentimental, macabre, often darkly comic mood, featuring villainous adult enemies of the child characters.
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