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lord of the flies

By 015305075

  • Birth

    Birth
    william golding was born september 19, 1911, in sain columb minor, wornwall, engliand.

  • First attempt

    First attempt
    when william was 12 years old, he attempted, unsuccessfully, to write a novel.

  • First Works Published

    First Works Published
    in 1934, a year before he graduatedd from brasenose college, william published his first work, a book of poetry aptly entitled Poems,

  • Start of teaching

    Start of teaching
    in 1935william began teaching english and phhilosphy in salisbury. he then temproraryly left in 1940 to jo.n the royal navy

  • Royal Navy

    Royal Navy
    in 1940,golding abandoned the profession of littature to join the royal navy.

  • Back to Teaching

    Back to Teaching
    in 1945, World War 2 ended, Golding went back to teaching and writing.

  • First novel published

    First novel published
    in 1954, after 21 rejections, he published his first novel, lord of the flies.

  • Retirement

    Retirement
    in 1963, the year after his retirement from teaching, peter brook made a film adaption of the critically acclaimed novel.

  • Nobel Prize

    Nobel Prize
    in 1984, golding was awarded the 1983 nobel prize for literature,

  • Knighted

    Knighted
    in 1988, golding was knighted by Enland's queen elizabeth ||.

  • Death

    Death
    on june 19th, 1993 he died from a heart attack in parranarworthal, cornwall, England