Roald? Dahl, a thin bald old man, knocked on the house with children with a sly smile and said, "Oh, I'm tired of walking." My car is out of gas. Can you invite me in for a cup of tea? " The children greeted him at the door screaming and cheering at once, because there was not a child there who didn't know the old man. He is the magical roald dahl who scares the adults a little, but drives the children crazy. Roald dahl (1916-1990), a famous British children's literature writer, has been writing for decades all his life, and has created 18 children's books, such as James and the Great Xiantao, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Kind Giant and The Witch. At the same time, his own legendary experience, like the characters in fairy tales, was endowed with magical power and became "Hamelin's magic piper". All the children who have read his books can't help but be fascinated by the magic world he created, and no one is spared.
? Roald dahl was born in Randolph, Cardiff, Wales on June, 2003 19 16. Roald's father is harald Dahl and his mother is Sophie Madeleine Dahl, both of whom are Norwegian. The Dahl family moved from Norway to Cardiff in 1880. Roald was named after Roald Ya Meng Sen, a Norwegian national hero at that time. Roald dahl used to be a pilot, experienced World War II, had a thrilling air battle, worked as an "air force ambassador" like a spy, wrote the James Bond screenplay "You can only live twice" with numerous fans, married the Oscar winner, and became an art collector, connoisseur, antique furniture expert, wine expert and orchid expert by himself. Most importantly, he wrote charming children's literature works and won numerous awards.
1920, Roald lost his father when he was 3 years old, and his mother stayed with him in England, because Roald's father always wanted his children to receive education in England, which he thought was the best. Roald first attended the Catholic Randolph School. When he was eight years old, he and four friends put a dead mouse in the candy jar of Mrs. plesent's "stingy and annoying" shop, and the headmaster gave them a good beating.
? So Roald was transferred to a boarding school, but he was unhappy there. He is so homesick that he writes home almost every day, but he never reveals his unhappiness in his letters. After his mother died, he found that she had collected all the letters that came and went at that time.
At Lipton College in Derbyshire, he was the prefect's pet. He is very tall, 1.98 meters. He is good at sports, so he became the captain of the school squash and squash team and a member of the school football team, which made him very popular. At that time, he gradually became fond of photography. During his stay in this school, Cadbury Food Company, a chocolate factory, occasionally sent new chocolate products to his school for students to test their tastes. Dahl often wanted to invent some new chocolates himself, hoping to get the praise of Cadbury Food Company, which also inspired him to write his second book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. This is a book with a very strange imagination. Reality and fantasy go hand in hand.
In his childhood and adolescence, he would return to his parents' home country Norway in summer vacation, and most of the time he would enjoy the coastal fjords. His autobiographical work "Boy: My Childhood Past" is mainly about that childhood.
After finishing his studies, he spent three months hiking in Newfoundland with a team called "Public School Adventure Organization". /kloc-0 joined the shell company in July, 934. After two years of training in Britain, he was transferred to Dar es Salaam in Tanganyika (now Tanzania). He went there with two other employees and lived in a high-class house on the outskirts of Dar es Salaam, with a chef and a personal servant. At work, he had to cross Tanganyika to provide oil for customers, and was attacked by wild animals such as tree cobras and lions on the way.
It is said that he was a spy for the British government. His task is to collect information by seducing powerful American women.
Roald dahl is one of the most important fantasy writers in the contemporary world. His works are unique in conception and compact in plot, which breaks the conventional correspondence between reality and fantasy at the beginning of each story and gives people a sense of beauty that is humorous, absurd or humorous. At the same time, more importantly, his works have a kind of magic, and people can't put it down once they read them. In 2000, in the poll of "My Favorite Writers" conducted during World Book Day in Britain, Dahl's name topped the list, and even J.K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, was only behind. This shows his position in the eyes of British readers.
Dahl's influence on children's literature in the world is enormous. His works have been translated into 36 languages and published all over the world. His works and characters have become the creative source of many movies, TV series, music and poems, which fascinates countless children and adults. Teachers often use Dahl's books as introductory books to introduce world literature to children. Dahl once said: "I am keen to teach children to learn to read and make them feel comfortable with books rather than afraid." Books should not make people feel scared, but should be interesting, exciting and wonderful, and forming the habit of reading will benefit people endlessly. "