william golding

  • birth

    birth

  • got married

    He got married to his beloved wife Molly evens.
  • enlisted in the navy

    He left teaching to join the navy in 1940.
  • wartime

    He took part in several battles during world war 2.
  • fist book

    His first book was published in 1954.
  • first movie about book

    His first ever published book was turned into a movie.
  • James tait black memorial prize

    For darkness visible in 1979.
  • the booker prize

    He won the booker prize for Rites os passage in 1980
  • nobel prize

    He won the Nobel prize for literature in 1983.
  • death

    death