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He was born in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England to Mildred and Alex Golding. His mother was an active women's rights campainor and his father was a school teacher.
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Golding attended Marlborough Grammar School, which his father taught at. At the age of 12 Golding attempted to write his first novel.
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For college Golding attended the Brasenose College at Oxford. He spend two years suding science, but his third year he switched to literaure.
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Golding always dreamed of writing. While he was still in school at Oxford, he had multiple of his poems published in a section of Macmillan's Contemporary Poets series.
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Golding began to teach at Bishop Wordsworth's School, He taught English and philosophy. Later that year he met and married Ann Brookfield, and had two children with.
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From 1940-1945 Golding was in the Navy. With his war experiences, he found that he could use his exoeriences for his fictional writing.
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After 21 rejections, Golding was finally able to publish his first novel "Lord of the Flies".
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Golding retired from teachinand decided to continue to write full time. With in this time he has written many books, many of them dealed with trying to survive.
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At the age of 73, Golding was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was choosen due to his realistic narrative, and his ability to illuminate the human condition in the world.
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Golding was knighted by Queen Elizabeth the 2 at the Buckingham Palace. It is said that the queen was very found of Golding's writtening.
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Golding spent the rest of his life with his wife, Ann, in a town near Falmouth, Cornwell. On the 19th of June, Golding passed away from a heart attack.
