ബ്രിട്ടീഷ് നോവലിസ്റ്റ് ചെറുകഥാകൃത്ത്, കവി, നാടകരചയിതാവ് From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
ഒരു ബ്രിട്ടീഷ് നോവലിസ്റ്റ് ചെറുകഥാകൃത്ത്, കവി, നാടകരചയിതാവ് എന്നീ നിലകളിൽ പ്രശസ്തനായിരുന്നു റൊആൽഡ് ദാൽ (Roald Dahl) (/ˈroʊ.ɑːl ˈdɑːl/; Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈɾuːɑl dɑl]; 13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990).[1]
റൊആൽഡ് ദാൽ | |
---|---|
ജനനം | Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales, UK | 13 സെപ്റ്റംബർ 1916
മരണം | 23 നവംബർ 1990 74) Oxford, England, UK | (പ്രായം
തൊഴിൽ | Novelist, poet, screenwriter |
Period | 1942–1990 |
Genre | Children's, adults' literature, horror, mystery, fantasy |
പങ്കാളി | Felicity Ann d'Abreu Crosland
(m. 1983) |
കുട്ടികൾ | 5, including Tessa, Ophelia, and Lucy Dahl |
ബന്ധുക്കൾ | Nicholas Logsdail (nephew) Sophie Dahl (granddaughter) |
Military career | |
ദേശീയത | United Kingdom |
വിഭാഗം | British Army (August–November 1939) Royal Air Force (November 1939 – August 1946) |
ജോലിക്കാലം | 1939–1946 |
പദവി | Squadron leader |
യുദ്ധങ്ങൾ | World War II |
വെബ്സൈറ്റ് | |
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Title[2][3][4][5] | Year of first
publication |
First edition publisher | Scope |
---|---|---|---|
The Gremlins | 1943 | Random House, New York | Children |
Sometime Never: A Fable for Supermen[lower-roman 1] | 1948 | Charles Scribner's Sons, New York | Adult |
James and the Giant Peach | 1961 | Alfred A. Knopf, New York | Children |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 1964 | Alfred A. Knopf, New York | Children |
The Magic Finger | 1966 | Harper & Row, New York | Children |
Fantastic Mr Fox | 1970 | Alfred A. Knopf, New York | Children |
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator | 1972 | Alfred A. Knopf, New York | Children |
Danny, the Champion of the World | 1975 | Alfred A. Knopf, New York | Children |
The Enormous Crocodile | 1978 | Alfred A. Knopf, New York | Children |
My Uncle Oswald | 1979 | Michael Joseph, London | Adult |
The Twits | 1980 | Jonathan Cape, London | Children |
George's Marvellous Medicine | 1981 | Jonathan Cape, London | Children |
The BFG | 1982 | Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York | Children |
The Witches | 1983 | Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York | Children |
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me | 1985 | Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York | Children |
Matilda | 1988 | Viking Kestrel, New York | Children |
Esio Trot | 1990 | Jonathan Cape, London | Children |
The Vicar of Nibbleswicke | 1991 | Century, London | Children |
The Minpins | 1991 | Jonathan Cape, London | Children |
Title[4][5][7] | Year of first publication | First edition publisher | Scope |
---|---|---|---|
Over to You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying | 1946 | Reynal & Hitchcock, New York | Adult |
Someone Like You | 1953 | Alfred A. Knopf, New York | Adult |
Kiss Kiss | 1960 | Alfred A. Knopf, New York | Adult |
Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl[lower-roman 2] | 1969 | Michael Joseph, London | Adult |
Switch Bitch | 1974 | Alfred A. Knopf, New York | Adult |
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More | 1977 | Jonathan Cape, London | Adult |
The Best of Roald Dahl | 1978 | Vintage Books, New York | Adult |
Tales of the Unexpected | 1979 | Michael Joseph, London | Adult |
More Tales of the Unexpected | 1980 | Michael Joseph, London | Adult |
A Roald Dahl Selection: Nine Short Stories | 1980 | Longmans, London | Adult |
Two Fables | 1986 | Viking Press, London | Adult |
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life: The Country Stories of Roald Dahl | 1989 | Michael Joseph, London | Adult |
The Roald Dahl Treasury | 1997 | Jonathan Cape, London | Children |
Many of Dahl's works were used as the basis for films or television programmes. The following are where he is credited as the writer of the performed script.
Title[9] | Year of first
publication or production |
First edition publisher,
where relevant |
Media | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Honeys | 1955 | – | Stage work | Produced at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway. |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: "Lamb to the Slaughter" | 1958 | – | Television script | |
Way Out: "William and Mary" | 1961 | – | Television script | Also introduced by Dahl on CBS |
You Only Live Twice | 1967 | – | Film script | With Jack Bloom |
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | 1968 | – | Film script | With Ken Hughes |
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | 1971 | – | Film script | |
The Night Digger | 1971 | – | Film script | |
The BFG: Plays for Children | 1976 | Puffin Books, London | Stage work | |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: A Play | 1976 | Puffin Books, London | Stage work | |
James and the Giant Peach: A Play | 1982 | Puffin Books, London | Stage work | |
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator: A Play | 1984 | Allen & Unwin, London | Stage work | |
Fantastic Mr Fox: A Play | 1987 | Puffin Books, London | Stage work |
Title[9] | Year of first
publication |
First edition publisher
(All London) |
---|---|---|
Revolting Rhymes | 1982 | Jonathan Cape |
Dirty Beasts | 1984 | Farrer Strauss |
Rhyme Stew | 1989 | Jonathan Cape |
Title | Year of first
publication |
First edition publisher | Description | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories | 1983 | Jonathan Cape, London | Adult; short story collection | Editor only |
Title[2] | Year of first
publication |
First edition publisher | Scope | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Boy – Tales of Childhood | 1984 | Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York | Autobiography | |
Going Solo | 1986 | Jonathan Cape, London | Autobiography | |
Measles, a Dangerous Illness | 1988 | Sandwell Health Authority | Medical/Autobiographical | About the death of his daughter Olivia from measles encephalitis |
Memories with Food at Gipsy House | 1991 | Viking Press, London | Cook book | With Felicity Dahl; reissued in softcover in 1996 as Roald Dahl's Cookbook |
Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety | 1991 | British Railways Board, London | Safety booklet | |
The Dahl Diary 1992 | 1991 | Puffin Books, London | Diary | |
My Year | 1993 | Jonathan Cape, London | Autobiography | |
The Roald Dahl Diary 1997 | 1996 | Puffin Books, London | Diary | |
The Mildenhall Treasure | 1999 | Jonathan Cape, London | History | First published in book form in The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More before release in 1999 as a single title edition |
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