Roald Dahl was born on 13 September 1916, Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. He was a British novelist, poet, screenwriter, short story writer and a fighter pilot. Roald Dahl had served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He won the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 1983 and the British Book Awards' Children's Autor of the Year in 1990. Books Roald Dahl had written, are: Matilda, the witches, the BFG and Tales of the Unexpected. He died on 23 November 1990, Oxford, England, United Kingdom when he was 74 years old.