William Golding Biography

By Paigelynn armand
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    The life of William Golding

  • Birth

    William Golding ,born ,September 19, 1911 in Cornwall, England.

  • First publishing

    Williams first book "Poems" is published. A year before he graduated collage.

  • Teaching

    Golding started teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury. His first teaching career took off at Bishop Wordsworth’s School.

  • joins navy

    Golding stoped teaching to join the Royal Navy and fight in World War II.Golding has said, “I began to see what people were capable of doing. Anyone who moved through those years without understanding that man produces evil as a bee produces honey, must have been blind or wrong in the head.” about his ww2 experiences.

  • Quits navy

    After ww2 ended Golding quit the navy. He soon got a new gig as a teacher.

  • Second book

    "Lord Of Flies" finaly published. After 21 rejections Goldings second book was published.

  • Stops teaching for good

    Golding finally retires . The writer lived happily ever after.

  • Follow up Movie

    Peter Brook made a film for "Lord of the Flies". Which allowed him to later recine a Nobel Prize .

  • Goldins Biggest Accomplishment

    his biggest accomplishmant was Rites of Passage ,winner of the 1980 Booker McConnell Prize.

  • William earns nobel prize for literature.

  • 1988 he was knighted by England’s Queen Elizabeth II.

  • A new film version of the Lord of the Flies was released.