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The Connections of Roald Dahl

British writer and poet (1916–1990) Every person recorded alongside Roald Dahl in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.

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Family & Connections

People recorded alongside Roald Dahl in the ledgers of the archive.

Parents
Harald Dahl, Sofie Magdalene Hesselberg
Spouses
Patricia Neal, Felicity Dahl
Children
Olivia Dahl, Tessa Dahl, Ophelia Dahl, Rangers de talca, Lucy Dahl
Siblings
Astri Dahl
Influenced by
Charles Dickens, William Makepeace Thackeray, C. S. Forester, Frederick Marryat, Jonas Lie

Alive in the same years

Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1916 to 1990.