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Birth
William was born in Cornwall, Engliand, in 1911. His father wielded a tremendous influence over him, and until he left for college, he attended the school his father taught. -
Education
Golding began attending Brasenose College at Oxford in 1930. In his third year of college, he swtiched to the literature program, following his true interests. -
First Work Book
1934, a year before he graduated, William published his first work, a book of poetry aptly entitled Poems. The collection was largely overlooked by critics. -
Career amd Later Years
Golding worked as a writer, actor, and producer with a small theatre in an unfashionable part of London. In 1939 he began teaching english and philosophy in Salisbury at bishop wordsworth's School. -
World War 2 Service
1940 Golding temporarily abandoned the profession to join the Royal Navy and fight in World War II. During World War II, he fought battleships at the sinking of the Bismarck, and also fended off submarines and planes -
Publishing Lord of the Flies
1954, after 21 rejections, Golding published his first and most acclaimed novel, Lord of the Flies. The novel told the gripping story of a group of adolescent boys stranded on a deserted island after a plane wreck -
Awarded for Lord of the Flies
1963, the year after Golding retired from teaching, Peter Brook made a film adaptation of the critically acclaimed novel. Two decades later, at the age of 73, he was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature. In 1988 he was knighted by England’s Queen Elizabeth II. -
Death
June 19, 1993, Golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall. After he passed away, his completed manuscript for The Double Tongue was published posthumously.
