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His birth!!!
Willam Golding was born on September 11th 1911 in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. He was born to the parents of Alec and Mildred -
Teaching
In 1935 Golding took a position teaching English and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury. Golding’s experience teaching unruly young boys would later serve as inspiration for his novel Lord of the Flies. -
Careers
Golding worked 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. He considered the theater his strongest literary influence,citing Greek tragedians and Shakespeare, rather than other novelists, as his primary influences. Actually days and months that occurred are unknown . From 1935 to 1939 -
Time in the navy
Golding spent time in the navy (from 1940 to 1945) that made an enormous impact on him,exposing him to the incredible cruelty and barbarity of which humankind is capable. Writing about his wartime experiences later, he asserted that "man produces evil, as a bee produces honey." Accurate month and day unknown . -
Lord of the flies publication
In 1954, after 21 rejections, Golding published his first and most acclaimed novel, Lord of the Flies. Which is now known as a classic and forced upon school children to read and become depressed . -
An award/becoming important
Following the publication of lord of the flies ,Golding was granted membership in the Royal Society of Literature in 1955. -
Death
On June 19, 1993, Golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall. He was survived by his wife and their two children, David and Judith.
