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Roald Dahl was born in Wales in 1916
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He served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
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He published his first children's book, The Gremlins, in 1943.
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He married the American actress Patricia Neal in July 1953.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was published in 1964.
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Fantastic Mr Fox was published in 1970.
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Matilda was published in 1988.
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Roald Dahl died at the age of 74 in Oxford.