Matilda by Roald Dahl: Quentin Blake's sketches and original artwork". British Library. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022 . Retrieved 8 October 2022. The year after the book was published, it received the 1989 Red House Children's Book Award. In 2003, Matilda was listed at number 74 in The Big Read, a BBC poll of the British public of the top 200 novels of all time. [1] In 2012 Matilda was ranked number 30 on a list of the top 100 children's novels published by School Library Journal, a monthly with primarily US audience. It was the first of four books by Dahl among the Top 100, more than any other writer. [2] Time magazine included Matilda in its list of the 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time. [8] Worldwide sales have reached 17 million, and since 2016 sales have spiked to the extent that it outsells Dahl's other works. [9] Dahl's inspiration [ edit ]

The book has been adapted in various media, including an audio reading by actress Kate Winslet; a 1996 feature film Matilda directed by Danny DeVito; a two-part BBC Radio 4 programme; and a 2010–2011 musical Matilda the Musical which ran on the West End in London, Broadway in New York, and around the world. A film adaptation of the musical, Matilda the Musical, was released in 2022. Roald Dahl Day celebrations". Roald Dahl Museum (roalddahlmuseum.org). Archived from the original on 8 September 2009 . Retrieved 16 September 2014. Deaths England and Wales 1984–2006". Findmypast.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2009 . Retrieved 28 January 2011.a b c 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. Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. ISSN 0015-6914. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023 . Retrieved 27 February 2023. Oxford University Press to capture Roald Dahl's naughtiest language for the first time". Cardiff times. 7 March 2019. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020 . Retrieved 3 October 2020.

Roald Dahl". www.roalddahl.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019 . Retrieved 23 April 2020. First published in book form in The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More before release in 1999 as a single title edition Dahl, Roald (21 December 2020). The witches. National Geographic Books. ISBN 978-0-241-43881-7. OCLC 1225155527. Roald Dahl Day: From Tales of the Unexpected to Switch Bitch, Dahl's undervalued stories for adults". The Independent. 6 October 2017. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017 . Retrieved 28 December 2017. He wrote the script for a film that began filming but was abandoned, Death, Where is Thy Sting-a-ling-ling?. [137] Influences Interior of Dylan Thomas's writing shed. Dahl made a replica of it in his own garden in Great Missenden where he wrote many of his storiesa b c d e f g h "Once upon a time, there was a man who liked to make up stories..." The Independent. 12 December 2010. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012 . Retrieved 16 September 2014. Freeman, Abigail (30 October 2021). "The Highest-Paid Dead Celebrities 2021". Forbes. Archived from the original on 30 October 2021 . Retrieved 10 July 2022. Dahl, Roald (August 1983). "Not A Chivalrous Affair". Literary Review. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023 . Retrieved 17 February 2020. (subscription required) 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.