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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Roald Dahl's Life in One Minute [Watch (HLS stream): Roald Dahl's Life in One Minute](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fihynHg9.m3u8) (1:06)  _Published 2016-09-12. Celebrated British author Roald Dahl wrote some of the most well-known children's books, including 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' and 'Matilda,' his books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide. Here is his life in one minute._ --- Aug 30, 2023 3:27 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [How to Change Instagram’s New Limits on Political Content](/video/EuMRFMNx/) ### How to Change Instagram’s New Limits on Political Content [Wireless Cortical Brain-Machine Interface for Whole-Body Navigation in Primates](/video/huquSZ4k/) ### Wireless Cortical Brain-Machine Interface for Whole-Body Navigation in Primates [Mark Zuckerberg Facebook Love Letter to Wife](/video/riSXNceS/) ### Mark Zuckerberg Facebook Love Letter to Wife --- ## Transcript Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff, South Wales on September 13, 1916. Dahl had unpleasant interactions with teachers as a child, not unlike Matilda and Miss Trunchbull. And he decided he'd rather travel the world than go to college. After graduating from high school he took jobs in Newfoundland and Tanzania before enlisting in the Royal Air Force at the beginning of World War II and serving as a fighter pilot. After the war Dahl began writing fiction. His first children's' book, The Gremlins, was a flop. But he had a best seller in the adult story collection, Someone Like You. In 1953, Dahl married the actress Patricia Neal, who'd go on to win an Academy award. They had five children, one of whom died in childhood before they divorced three decades later. In 1961, he published his first successful children's' book, James and the Giant Peach. He would practice his stories on his children before bed time, and many classics followed. Including several that were adapted into motion pictures. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Witches and Matilda. Dahl died at age 74 in 1990. His books have sold more than 200 million copies world wide. 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