One of the most popular children’s authors of all time, Dahl was openly anti-Semitic.
The family of Roald Dahl, the British children’s author who penned classics like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda, quietly posted an apology on the late author’s website over the weekend for shocking anti-Semitic statements Dahl made. In 2018, The Guardian reported that plans to issue a special commemorative coin celebrating Dahl on the centenary of his birth were scrapped because the author was “associated with antisemitism and not regarded as an author of the highest reputation,” according to minutes recorded from a 2014 Royal Mint sub-committee meeting.
