Roald Dahl, autor de livros infantis como, Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG entre outros, faria hoje 91 anos se fosse vivo. Dotado de um refinadissimo sentido de humor escreveu também para adultos. De entre os livros que li não posso deixar de referir os meus contos favoritos "Tales of the Unexpected".O meu filho André, grande admirador de Roald Dahl e que não entende a loucura à volta J.K.Rowling e o seu Harry Potter, ficará muito satisfeito com uma sondagem feita esta semana pelo canal de televisão ITV3, que coloca Roald Dahl em primeiro lugar, muito à frente de Rowling, nas preferências de jovens leitores entre os 16 e os 34 anos.
Segue artigo no jornal Guardian online:
Dahl beats Rowling as young adults' favourite authorPress AssociationTuesday September 11, 2007
Guardian Unlimited
Roald Dahl remains the most popular children's author among young adults, a survey has found.
JK Rowling, whose first Harry Potter book sparked a publishing sensation when it hit the bookshelves 10 years ago, is only the fourth most popular author.
Second and third place were taken by CS Lewis, author of The Chronicles of Narnia series, and Peter Pan creator JM Barrie.
Prolific children's writer Enid Blyton, famous for the Famous Five series and the Noddy books, only made 10th place.
She was scooped by Anthony Horowitz, creator of the Alex Rider teenage spy novels, followed by bestselling writer Jacqueline Wilson.
Dr Seuss, whose most famous book was The Cat in the Hat, was seventh, followed by His Dark Materials author Philip Pullman and Francesca Simon, author of the Horrid Henry books.
The survey of 16- to 34-year-olds was commissioned by ITV3 to mark its Roald Dahl weekend on September 22.
Roald Dahl literary estate director Amanda Conquy said: "It's always great to hear how enduringly popular Roald Dahl's stories are.
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They truly seem to be passed on from one generation to the next with the utmost enthusiasm and affection."
The top 10
1. Roald Dahl
2. CS Lewis
3. JM Barrie
4. JK Rowling
5. Anthony Horowitz
6. Jacqueline Wilson
7. Dr Seuss 8. Philip Pullman
9. Francesca Simon
10. Enid Blyton
