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William started teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury in 1935. -
even though William had a passion for teaching, in 1940 Golding temporarily abandoned the profession to join the Royal Navy and fight in World War II. -
In 1945, after World War II ended, William Golding went back to teaching and writing. -
In 1954, after 21 rejections, Golding published his first and most successful novel, Lord of the Flies. The novel was about the story of a group of immature boys stranded on a deserted island after a plane wreck. -
In 1963, the year after Golding retired from teaching, Peter Brook made a film adaptation of the critically acclaimed novel -
Two decades later, when he was 73, Golding was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature. -
Five years later, In 1988 he was knighted by England’s Queen Elizabeth II. -
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. -
On June 19, 1993, Golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall.