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William Golding's Birthday
William was born in Cornwall, England. He lived nextdoor to a graveyard in a 14th century house. Mildred, his mother, was an acrive suffragette who fought for women's rights. Alex, his father, worked as a school master. -
First Published Work
Golding attended Brasenose College at Oxford University, where in his third year he studied literature. A year before graduation he wrote a book of poetry called Poems. The poems illustrate his increasing distrust of rationlism, while he mocks well known rationlists and thier views. -
Teaching Carrer Begins
William took a position teaching english and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth school in Salisbury.THe experience was his inspiration to write the Lord of the Flies -
Marriage
William married Ann Brookfield and had two children, named Judith and David. They were married for 54 years. -
Joining the Royal Navy
Golding joined the Royal Navy to fight in World War II. He fought battleships and fended off submarines and planes. It had a huge impact on him and exposed him to cruelity and barbarity. -
Publishing Lord of the Flies
After he was rejected 21 times, Lord of the Flies was published. The novel explored the savage side of human nature as the boys turned on each other in the face of an imaginary enemy. The novel has been regarded as a classic and worthy of deep analysis -
Won the Nobel Literature Prize
William Golding was awarded the Nobel LIterature Prize for his novels. They were said to have the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and diversity universality of myth, as well as illuminating the human condition of todays world. -
Death
William died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall. He spent his last few years with his wife where he continued to write. After he passed away his manuscript for the Double Tongue was published posthumously.
