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William Golding - Born
Born in Cornwall England (cliffsnotes.com) -
Attempts his First Novel
An unsuccessful novel used as a vent for his childhood frustrations. (biography.com) -
Creates his First Work: Poems
Writes and publishes his first book, a collection of poetry; this was cleverly named "Poems". (biography.com) -
Graduates from University
Studied English literature at Oxford University and graduates -
Secures job as Teacher
Fresh out of the university, he lands a job teaching English at Bishop Wordsworth's school in Salisbury. (biography.com) -
Married to Ann Brookfield
Marries and has two children with Ann Brookfield, with whom he lives with for the rest of his life. (biography.com) -
Golding Joins the Royal Navy
Though his passion was with teaching, he decided to join the Royal Navy to fight in WWII. Through his time spent there be became a Lieutenant and was placed in command of a rocket launcher. (biography.com) -
Lord of the Flies Published
After many rejections from publishers, in 1954 he was able to get his story printed. (cliffsnotes.com) -
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Golding's Golden Years
Over the span of these thirty years, Golding seemed to be in his writing prime. He was an extremely fast writer so books would be published year after year. Some examples are "Free Fall" (1959), "The Pyramid" (1967), "Darkness Visible" (1979), "The Paper Men" (1984), and "Fire Down Below" (1989). (cliffsnotes.com -
Retires from Teaching
After a lengthy career of teaching, fighting and writing he finally decides that he no longer needs to teach. (biography.com) -
Golding Becomes a Nobel Prize Winner
Two decades after his retirement, nearly three decades since the writing of the book, he receives the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature. (biography.com) -
Knighted
The of Queen England, Elizabeth the second knights William Golding as an honor for his establishment in the literature community. (biography.com) -
William Golding - Death
In the early summer of 1993, Golding passed away due to a heart attack. The story he was creating during the time of his death was completed and published. (biography.com)
