Roald Dahl wanted Charlie Bucket, the lead character in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, to be black, his widow Liccy and official biographer, Donald Sturrock, have said. Dahl’s famous novel was released in 1964 before it was adapted into movies in 1971 and 2005. Despite the author, who died in November 1990, envisioning Charlie as […]...
- 9/15/2017
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
New York, July 27: Britain's John Murray Books is releasing a volume of letters written by Roald Dahl to mark his 100th birthday next year.
The letters include some letters that describe his horrors of boarding school to his mother, communications with his fans and correspondences with readers.
Donald Sturrock, Dahl's official biographer who compiled the letters for the book, told the Guardian that the letters show the 'amusing' and 'inventive' spirit of the author, the New York Daily News reported.
The collection also includes letters that the quirky author wrote during his time working for Shell in east Africa, and also.
The letters include some letters that describe his horrors of boarding school to his mother, communications with his fans and correspondences with readers.
Donald Sturrock, Dahl's official biographer who compiled the letters for the book, told the Guardian that the letters show the 'amusing' and 'inventive' spirit of the author, the New York Daily News reported.
The collection also includes letters that the quirky author wrote during his time working for Shell in east Africa, and also.
- 7/27/2013
- by Rahul Kapoor
- RealBollywood.com
British novelist and children’s book author Roald Dahl conceived Matilda Wormwood, James Henry Trotter, Mr. Fox, and, of course, Willy Wonka. Until now, the private man behind the iconic stories has largely remained an enigma. For his new book, Storyteller: The Authorized Biography of Roald Dahl (Simon & Schuster; September 14), Donald Sturrock was granted unprecedented access to Dahl’s mostly unpublished archives—hundreds of manuscripts and thousands of letters to friends and family, including his four children and first wife and actress Patricia Neal. In the excerpt below, Sturrock describes how he initially met Dahl in 1986 and eventually got to know the “old boy,” who thought biographies were boring and preferred invention to reality. Listen to the podcast after the jump.
- 9/20/2010
- Vanity Fair
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