Tag: Roald
Roald Dahl controversy: what Kipling’s quiet erasure teaches us, by Anne Rosencher
In the new modalities of our public conversation, where two or three controversies flare up every day, it has become difficult for the honest observer to know, on such and…
Wokistan, Roald Dahl, the Rushdians: the year 2023 seen by the historian of the future
In a few centuries, from a distant galaxy, a historian will look back on earthly cultural life at the beginning of the 21st century and analyze the fall of the…
“Roald Dahl affair”: why children’s literature is the most affected by rewrites
Scandal in the country of Willy Wonka. For its 2022 reissue of Roald Dahl’s books, the great British house Puffin has decided – in agreement with its heirs – to…
Roald Dahl’s books rewritten: “A distressing view of children’s literature”
The Puffin publishing house has announced new versions of children’s novels by Roald Dahl, author among others of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda Or Fantastic Master Fox. Several hundred…
Roald Dahl’s books are cleared of offensive words
Words like “fat” and “ugly” disappear from British author Roald Dahl’s children’s books. The books are being changed to be more inclusive and less offensive. It is the publisher Puffin…