William Golding

By Jmatthews2016

  • Early Life

    ~ Born in 1911
    ~Lived in a small house by a graveyard in England
    ~Mother, Mildred, was a suffragist who fought for women's right to vote
    ~Father, Alex, was a schoolmaster
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  • 1960-1990 "William Golding"

    ~In 1963, Golding retired from teaching
    ~Perer Brook made a film adaption of Golding's first novel
    ~1983// Nobel Prize for Literature
    ~1988// knighted by England's Queen Elizabeth II

  • Mid-Life (Career Took Flight)

    ~1935// Golding started teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury
    ~Golding worked in a settlement house and theatre
    ~Left teaching in 1940 and joined the Royal Navy to fight in WWII (spent 5 years in the Navy)
    ~1954// published his first novel "Lord of the Flies"

  • Death of Golding

    ~Died in Cornwall in 1993
    ~ Lived his life to the fullest
    ~Left his wife Ann and his two children behind