British writer and poet (1916–1990)
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His children's books — Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG — sold over 300 million copies by pairing the macabre with the kindhearted, villainous adults with scrappy child heroes, and endings that never quite go where sentiment would take them.
Dahl was born in Wales in 1916 to Norwegian immigrant parents and spent most of his life in England. He flew fighter missions for the RAF in the Second World War, rising to acting wing commander and later working as an intelligence officer. He began writing in the 1940s, publishing both for children and adults, and rose to become one of the world's best-selling authors with a signature style: short stories known for unexpected endings, children's books that refused sentiment in favor of dark comedy and genuine warmth beneath the surface. Works like James and the Giant Peach, The Witches, Fanta…
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It began in 1982 when the Israelis invaded Lebanon. They killed 22,000 civilians when they bombed Beirut.
A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul and that, I am sure, is why he does it.
It was all this, I think, that made me begin to have doubts about religion and even about God.
This I did not dare to say, but there is a trait in the Jewish character that does provoke animosity, maybe it's a kind of lack of generosity towards non-Jews.
[Closing comments] Now is the time for the Jews of the world to follow the example of the Germans and become anti-Israeli. But do they have the conscience?
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