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Birth
William Golding was born on September 19, 1911 in Newquay, United Kingdom. -
Childhood
William Golding went to school at the Marlboro Royal Free Grammar School and enjoyed music, sailing, archeology, and classical greek. -
Golding's family
William Golding had a wife and 2 kids (David and Judith). David was born in 1940 and Judith was born in 1945. William met his wife, (Anne Brookfield) in 1938, and after a minor courtship, they got married in 1939 -
Early adulthood
He taught English and philosophy at Salisbury in 1935. He temporarily left in 1940 to fight in the Royal Navy. He enjoyed enjoyed music, sailing, archeology, and classical Greek. -
Jobs William Golding had
He has had about 3 jobs that are known of. He was a philosophy teacher at Salisbury in 1935 and then temporarily left his teaching job to join the Royal Navy in 1940 to fight in World War 2. Then once he published his first book in 1956, he could then go full time as an author. -
Books
William Golding wrote many, many books during his time alive. He wrote his first book in 1954. Here is a list of all his books:
Lord of the Flies 1954
Rites of Passage 1980
The inheritors 1955
The spire 1964
Pincher martin 1956
Visible darkness 1979
Free fall 1959
The pyramid 1967
Close quarters 1987
Fire down below 1989
The scorpion god 1971
The Double Tongue 1995
The Hot Gates 1965
The paper men 1984
The brass Butterfly 1957
Envoy extraordinary 1956
To the ends of the earth 1991
Theres man -
Where Golding has lived
William Golding surprisingly has lived in many different places, those places being Cornwall, England, some settlement houses, and the thearter for a time. He has also lived in New York then, near the end of his life he moved back to Cornwall with his wife, Anne. -
Awards
Surprisingly William Golding only won 2 awards, although both are very prositguis as his impact was great. Here are his awards:
Booker prize 1980
Nobel in literature 1984 -
Death
William Golding passed away on June 19th, 1996. He died due to heart failure. -
Conclusion
Name: William Golding
Birth Year: 1911
Birth date: September 19, 1911
Birth City: St. Columb Minor, Newquay, Cornwall
Birth Country: England
Gender: Male
Schools Brasenose College, Oxford Marlborough
Grammar School
Death Year: 1993
Death date: June 19, 1993
Death City: Perranarworthal, Cornwall
Death Country: England