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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.
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
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
Goulding after abonding the teaching career he fought in WW2 and joined the royal navy -
lord of the flies published
In 1954, after 21 rejections, Golding published his first and most acclaimed novel, Lord of the Flies. -
royal society
Golding was granted membership in the Royal Society of Literature in 1955. -
commander
in 1965 he received the honorary designation Commander of the British Empire -
nobel prize
Two decades later, at the age of 73, Golding was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature. -
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
Gouldng had died of a heart attacK in Perranarworthal, Cornwall.
