Roald Dahl

Writer · Cast

Born

September 13, 1916 · Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales, UK

Died

November 23, 1990

Dahl was born in Wales in 1916. He served as a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force during World War II. He made a forced landing in the Libyan Desert and was severely injured. As a result, he spent five months in a Royal Navy hospital in Alexandria. Dahl is noted for how he relates suspenseful and sometimes horrific events in a simple tone.