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Born
Born is Cornwall, England by mother named Mildred and father Alec. -
College
AttendedBrasenose College at Oxford where he speant two years studying science, in difference to his father's beliefs. in his third year he switched into literature programs. -
First published work
First published work was a book of poetry aptly etitled poems. -
Golding's work from 1935-1939
wroked as a writer, actor, and producer with a small theater in an unfashionable part of London, paying his bills with a job as a social worker -
Graduated
Graduated from Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a diploma in education. -
Married
Married Ann Broofield -
Teaching english and philosophy
Took a position teaching English and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury. -
Royal Navy
Temporarily abandoned the profession to join the Royal Navy developing a lifelong romance with sailing and the sea -
after WW ll
after world war 2 ended he went back to teaching and writing. -
Lord of the Flies
Published his first and most acclaimed novel, Lord of the Flies. it was rejected 21 times before it was published, he combined the percentage of humanity with his years od experience with schoolboys -
Pincher Martin
like the novel, lord of the Flies, it concerns survival after shipwreck during world war 2. -
Free Fall
Not like his first 3 novels, inspired by Dante's love poems -
Retired
retired form teaching -
The Spire
a book where he addresses the issues of faith -
The Pyramid
Provides an examination of English social class within the contexr of a town named stilboure. -
Scorpian God: Three Short Novels
Each story explores the negative repercusions of technological progress -
Nobel Prize for Literature
his greatest honor -
Knighted
Knighted by Queen Elizabeth ll -
The film version of Lord of the Flies
the film production of lord of the flies brought more attention to his book -
Death of William Golding
died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall.
