William Golding

By Mantis13

  • Birth

    Birth
    William Golding was born on September 19, 1911, in Newquay, United Kingdom. William Golding's parents were Alec Golding and Mildred Golding.

  • School

    School
    William Golding first went to school in 1921 at Marlborough Grammar School in Wiltshire.

  • First Job

    First Job
    William Golding's first job was as a teacher at the University of Oxford in 1940 before enlisting in the British navy.

  • Married

    Married
    William Golding got married on September 30, 1939. He was married to Anne Brookfield.

  • Enlisted in the War

    Enlisted in the War
    William Golding was enlisted into the army in 1940. He fought in several battles during World War II.

  • Lord of the Flies

    Lord of the Flies
    Wiliam Golding first started writing the novel in 1951. The novel was published in 1954. It was published when he was 43 years old.

  • The Inheritors

    The Inheritors
    The Second book that William Golding Published is The Inheritors, which was published in 1955

  • Lord of the Flies Became a Film

    Lord of the Flies Became a Film
    In 1963, the novel Lord of the Flies was made into a film

  • Nobel Prize in Literature

    Nobel Prize in Literature
    William was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983. He was rewarded "for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today".

  • Death

    Death
    William Golding died June 19, 1993, at Perranarworthal Cornwall. He died from heart failure. He died at the age of 81.