Roald Dahl!

Most of you have heard of Roald Dahl. He is one of my my favourite authors. I have done my speech and project on him, and my project is now in my old schools library! Roald’s life was anything but ordinary! i hope I have included some stuff you didnt know!!!! =o)

Roald was born in 1916. His father died when Roald was only three, so Roald was brought up by his mother in a village called Llandaff in Wales.

Roald had an unhappy time in school. From when he was 10 he boarded at St. Peters prep school. With teachers such as the twitching Captain Hardcastle, and a headmaster with a dreaded cane, it’s no wonder Roald was home sick!

There must be something strange about Roald’s nose. He almost lost it twice! When Roald was 9 years old, he and his family were driving in their car, when the car crashed! No one except Roald was injured and his nose had nearly been sliced off! Luckily he had it stitched back on!

Soon after Roald left school, World War II broke out and Roald joined the Air Force. He was a very tall man and struggled to fit into the cockpit!

On one of his flights, he was running low on fuel, and with night approaching, he was forced to attempt a landing in the desert. Unfortunately the plane crashed, fracturing his skull and smashing his nose again!!

He married actress Patricia Neal and they had five children. They divorced in 1983. He then married Felicity Crosland.
Roald some of the best-loved children's stories, such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and the BFG.

In Roald’s home in England there was an old garden shed. He used it for writing. In it he put a comfy chair and a table. The table had all sorts of weird things on it including; a ball of chocolate wrappers, bits of Roald’s spine (from when he had surgery) and even a piece of meteorite from out of space!

Roald once had a phone call from Buckingham Palace, asking if he wanted an OBE. But Roald declined, saying that he deserved to be knighted Sir Roald Dahl!

Roald died of leukemia in 1990, at his home, at the age of 74. In the graveyard, there are Big Friendly Giant footprints leading to his grave.

Hope fully you have learnt some really interesting facts! Feel free to comment!!!