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William Golding

By Kelsee23

  • Birth

    Birth
    William was born in Newquay, United Kingdom. On September 19, 1911. William's mom, Mildred Golding. William's dad, Alec Golding.

  • Childhood

    Childhood
    When William was 12, he attended a school that his father ran called Marlborough Grammar School during his young ages. William was bratty and troublesome, and many say he enjoyed hurting others.

  • Education

    Education
    William went to Marlborough Royal Free Grammar School. Where his father taught, and at Brasenose College, Oxford, William Golding graduated in 1935.

  • Career

    Career
    William Golding started teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury. He temporarily left teaching in 1940 to join the Royal Navy.

  • Marriage

    Marriage
    Golding was engaged to Molly Evans. A woman from Marlborough. However, he broke off the engagement and married Ann Brookfield, an analytical chemist, on 30 September 1939.

  • Navy

    Navy
    During World War II, Golding joined the Royal Navy in 1940. He served on a destroyer which was briefly involved in the pursuit and sinking of the German battleship Bismarck.

  • Interesting Fact

    Interesting Fact
    He was rejected 21 times before publishing his first novel, Lord of the Flies.

  • Book

    Book
    William Golding's debut came in 1954 with the poetry collection Poems. After World War II, he began working on the Lord of the Flies novel.

  • Awards

    Awards
    William Golding won a Booker Prize in 1980 and then a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983

  • Death

    Death
    June 19, 1993 (age 81 years), Tullimaar House (William Golding), Perranarworthal, United Kingdom