Dahl reviewed Australian author Tony Clifton's God Cried, a picture book about the siege of West Beirut by the Israeli army during the 1982 Lebanon War. [193] The article appeared in the August 1983 issue of the Literary Review and was the subject of much media comment and criticism at the time. [194] [195] [196] According to Dahl, until this point in time "a race of people", meaning Jews, had never "switched so rapidly from victims to barbarous murderers." The empathy of all after the Holocaust had turned "into hatred and revulsion." [195] Dahl wrote that Clifton's book would make readers "violently anti-Israeli", with Dahl stating: "I am not anti-Semitic. I am anti-Israel." [197] He asked: "must Israel, like Germany, be brought to her knees before she learns how to behave in this world?" [198] The United States, he said, was "so utterly dominated by the great Jewish financial institutions" that "they dare not defy" Israelis. [195]

Conant, Jennet (2008). The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4165-8032-4. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023 . Retrieved 23 September 2020. The last book published in his lifetime, Esio Trot, released in January 1990, marked a change in style for the author. Unlike other Dahl works (which often feature tyrannical adults and heroic/magical children), it is the story of an old, lonely man trying to make a connection with a woman he has loved from afar. [120] In 1994, the English language audiobook recording of the book was provided by Monty Python member Michael Palin. [121] Screenwriter Richard Curtis adapted it into a 2015 BBC television comedy film, Roald Dahl's Esio Trot, featuring Dustin Hoffman and Judi Dench as the couple. [122] Pearson, Lynn F. (2004). Discovering Famous Graves. Bloomsbury USA. ISBN 978-0-7478-0619-6. [ permanent dead link] In 2023, Puffin Books, which holds the rights to all Dahl's children's books, ignited controversy after they hired sensitivity readers to go through the original text of Dahl's works, which led to hundreds of revisions to his books; The Telegraph published a list of many of these changes. [215] The move was supported by a number of authors, most notably by Joanne Harris, chair of the Society of Authors, but drew many more critical responses. [216] Several public figures, including Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, author Salman Rushdie, and Queen Camilla all spoke out against the changes. [217] [218] [219] [220] It was reported that when Dahl was alive, he had spoken out very strongly against any changes ever being made to any of his books. [221] [222] On 23February2023, Puffin announced it would release an unedited selection of Dahl's children's books as 'The Roald Dahl Classic Collection', stating "We've listened to the debate over the past week which has reaffirmed the extraordinary power of Roald Dahl's books" and "recognise the importance of keeping Dahl's classic texts in print." [223] [224] Filmography Writing roles Year

Delivery:

Roald Dahl: young tales of the unexpected". The Daily Telegraph. 30 August 2008. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022 . Retrieved 16 September 2014. a b c "How Dylan Thomas's writing shed inspired Roald Dahl". BBC News. 14 September 2016 . Retrieved 25 April 2020. Dahl liked ghost stories, and claimed that Trolls by Jonas Lie was one of the finest ghost stories ever written. While he was still a youngster, his mother, Sofie Dahl, related traditional Norwegian myths and legends from her native homeland to Dahl and his sisters. Dahl always maintained that his mother and her stories had a strong influence on his writing. In one interview, he mentioned: "She was a great teller of tales. Her memory was prodigious and nothing that ever happened to her in her life was forgotten." [142] When Dahl started writing and publishing his famous books for children, he included a grandmother character in The Witches, and later said that she was based directly on his own mother as a tribute. [143] [144] Television Flood, Alison (13 September 2010). "Roald Dahl Day expands into full month of special treats". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014 . Retrieved 16 September 2014. The house required extensive renovations and remodelling and the installation of electricity. [2] The couple moved into the house in July 1954. Dahl renamed the house Little Whitefield to make it distinct from his sister's house, also named Whitefield. The house was finally renamed Gipsy House in 1960 after a family of gypsies who would camp in fields on top of the lane. [5]

de Castella, Tom (12 September 2011). "The darkness of Dahl". BBC News. Archived from the original on 5 November 2020 . Retrieved 23 September 2020. Chantal Sophia "Tessa" (born 1957), who became an author, and mother of author, cookbook writer and former model Sophie Dahl (after whom Sophie in The BFG is named); [83]Queen's honours refused". Archived from the original on 2 February 2012 . Retrieved 16 September 2014.

a b c d "Dahl's squishous words get their own dictionary". BBC. 28 May 2016. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019 . Retrieved 20 June 2018. Terrace, Vincent (1985). Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials. VNR AG. ISBN 978-0-918432-61-2. Mullally, Una. "Women, as written by Roald Dahl". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022 . Retrieved 14 October 2020.Wes Anderson Speaks Out Against Roald Dahl Book Censorship in Venice". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 3 September 2023. Dellatto, Marisa (20 February 2023). "Roald Dahl Books Get New Edits—And Critics Cry Censorship: The Controversy Surrounding 'Charlie And The Chocolate Factory' And More". Forbes. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023 . Retrieved 26 February 2023.