HE WAS BORN IN WALES ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1916. HIS NORWEGIAN FATHER LIVED IN FRANCE, ENGLAND AND WALES, LOOKING FOR A MARKET FOR HIS BUSINESS. ROALD DAHL SPENT HAPPY SUMMERS IN NORWAY, WHERE HIS PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER TOLD HIM THE FIRST FANTASTIC STORIES, WHICH HE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER .

He was a British novelist, short story writer, poet and screenwriter of Norwegian descent.
Among his most popular works are Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, The Good-Looking Giant, Agu Trot, The Witches, and Tales of the Unexpected.

This book was adapted to the cinema in 1971, in the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, written by Roald Dahl, directed by Mel Stuart and starring Gene Wilder, and in the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, directed by Tim Burton. and starring Johnny Depp.