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Birth
William was born September 19th 1911 and was born in Newquay, United kingdom. -
First book published
Golding's first published novel was Lord of the Flies (1954; film 1963 and 1990), the story of a group of schoolboys isolated on a coral island who revert to savagery. Its imaginative and brutal depiction of the rapid and inevitable dissolution of social mores aroused widespread interest. -
Graduation
Educated at Marlborough Grammar School, where his father taught, and at Brasenose College, Oxford, Golding graduated in 1935. After working in a settlement house and in small theatre companies, he became a schoolmaster at Bishop Wordsworth's School, Salisbury. -
Award
the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1979 -
Award
the coveted Booker Prize in 1980 -
Award
Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983 -
Death
William passed away June 19th 1993 due to heart failure. -
Last book published.
On his death he left the draft of a novel, The Double Tongue, set in ancient Delphi, which was published posthumously in 1995.