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Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
Roald Dahl[a] (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, screenwriter and a wartime fighter ace.[1] His books have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide.[3] He has been called "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century".[5]
Dahl was born in Wales to affluent Norwegian immigrant parents, and lived for most of his life in England. He served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. He became a fighter pilot and, subsequently, an intelligence officer, rising to the rank of acting wing commander. He rose to prominence as a writer in the 1940s with works for children and for adults, and he became one of the world's best-selling authors.[6][7] His awards for contribution to literature include the 1983 World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement and
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When Roald Dahl’s Editor Decided He Was Too Much of a Prick To Publish
There are a number of important moments in the lives of bookish children, or the adults that used to be them. Moments when you learn something that you cannot unlearn. Turning points, if you will. One of these is the moment you find out that Roald Dahl was an asshole. And not a cute, edgy asshole either. A misogynistic, anti-Semitic, cheating, bullying, arrogant asshole. Yes, this is the same guy who wrote Matilda. (Though as it turns out, Dahl originally wrote Matilda as a wicked little girl who tortures her poor parents and only later becomes clever, and it took his editor Stephen Roxburgh to sort it all out for him.) He was famous for insulting people, stirring up spats with other writers and being generally unpleasant to just about everyone. Even his first wife, Patricia Neal, nicknamed him “Roald the Rotten.”
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Puffin Books have worked with the consultancy Inclusive Minds (who säga they help publishers, authors and illustrators work towards authentic inclusion, accessibility, and diverse representation) to revise some of the language used in Roald Dahl’s books for children, more than 100 years after his birth.
The story has attracted mass attention. UK prime minister Rishi Sunak and author Salman Rushdie have both expressed their disagreement with this approach to Dahl’s work. However, it is not unusual for books for children to undergo revisions for new generations.
Physician Thomas Bowdler rewrote Shakespeare’s plays for a family audience in the early 1800s, removing content he deemed inappropriate from the Bard’s previously published works. Charles Dickens wrote a furious essay in 1853 called Frauds on the Fairies criticising his former friend and illustrator George Cruikshank’s retelling of several fairy tales, which incorporated an anti-alcohol message.
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