lord of the flies

  • william golding was born

    william golding was born
    he was born ad grew up in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. He was raised in a 14th-century house next door to a graveyard.
  • First published book.

    First published book.
    Goulding had published a book of poetry before he graduated and it was cited by a lot of critics who seemed quite fond of his work.
  • goldings career

    goldings career
    For a short period of time he worked at a settlement house and in theatre companies, exploring himself as an actor and a writer and eventually started to teach English and philosophy at Bishop’s Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury in 1935.
  • WW2

    WW2
    Goulding after abonding the teaching career he fought in WW2 and joined the royal navy
  • lord of the flies published

    lord of the flies published
    In 1954, after 21 rejections, Golding published his first and most acclaimed novel, Lord of the Flies.
  • royal society

    royal society
    Golding was granted membership in the Royal Society of Literature in 1955.
  • commander

    commander
    in 1965 he received the honorary designation Commander of the British Empire
  • nobel prize

    nobel prize
    Two decades later, at the age of 73, Golding was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature.
  • Lord of the Flies

    Lord of the Flies
    In 1990 a new film version of the Lord of the Flies was released, bringing the book to the attention of a new generation of readers.
  • Death date

    Death date
    Gouldng had died of a heart attacK in Perranarworthal, Cornwall.