Accomplishments

 Awards For Roald Dahl 

1954   Wins Edgar Allen Poe award and Mystery Writers of America award

1959   Wins Second Edgar Allen Poe award and Mystery Writers of America Award

1972   Wins New England Round Table of Children’s Library awards for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

1973   Wins Surrey School award for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

1975   Wins Surrey School award for Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

1978   Wins Nene Award for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Wins Surrey School award for Danny the Champion of the World

1979    Wins California Young Reader Medal for Danny the Champion of the World

1980   Wins third Mystery Writers of America award

1982   Wins Federation of Children’s Book Groups Award for The BFG

Wins Massachusetts Children’s Award for James and the Giant Peach

1983   Wins New York Times Outstanding Books Award, Federation of Children’s Book Groups Award, and the Whitbread Award – all of the awards for The Witches
Also wins World Fantasy Convention Lifetime Achievement Award

1984  Wins Deutsche Jugendliteraturpreis for The BFG

1985  Wins Kurt Maschler award runner-up for The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me and Boston Globe/Horn Book nonfiction honor citation for Boy Tales of Childhood

1986  Wins West Australian Award for The Witches and International Board on Books for young people awards for Norwegian and German translations for The BFG

1988  Wins Federation of Children’s Book Group Awards for Matilda

1990  Wins Smarties Award for Esio Triot

1997   Wins Good Book Guide “Best Books of the Past 20 Years”  for The BFG

1998   Matilda voted “Nations Favorite Children’s Book” in BBC Bookworm Poll

2000  Wins Millenium Children’s Book Award and Blue Peter Book Award for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory