Roald Dahl Censorship

The revised editions, which omit paragraphs related to weight, mental health, gender and race, will be published with reprints of 17 of the author's books in original form at a later date.

Novelist Salman Rushdie led condemnations Monday of Roald Dahl's children's books being re-edited for a modern audience, calling it "absurd censorship" by "bowdlerising sensitivity police".

Author Salman Rushdie is among the leading literary voices to speak out against a British publisher's "absurd censorship" after it rewrote certain sections of Roald Dahl's classic children's books because the language was deemed offensive.

The revised editions, which omit paragraphs related to weight, mental health, gender and race, will be published with reprints of 17 of the author's books in original form at a later date.

Novelist Salman Rushdie led condemnations Monday of Roald Dahl's children's books being re-edited for a modern audience, calling it "absurd censorship" by "bowdlerising sensitivity police".

Author Salman Rushdie is among the leading literary voices to speak out against a British publisher's "absurd censorship" after it rewrote certain sections of Roald Dahl's classic children's books because the language was deemed offensive.