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Birth
Born of William golding on september 14 1911 in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England -
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William Golding
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Young education
William received his early education at the school his father ran, Marlborough Grammar School. When William was just 12 years old, he attempted, unsuccessfully, to write a novel. -
Teaching
In 1935 Golding took a position teaching English and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury. -
Serving in the navy
in 1940 golding qut teaching to fight in world war II he spent 6 years fighting battle ships on a boat. -
Royal Navy
He fought battleships at the sinking of the Bismarck, and also fended off submarines and planes. Lieutenant Golding was even placed in command of a rocket-launching craft. -
Lord of The Flies
In 1954, Golding published his first and most acclaimed novel, Lord of the Flies. The novel told the gripping story of a group of adolescent boys stranded on a deserted island after a plane wreck. -
Lord of the Flies aftermath
n 1963, the year after Golding retired from teaching, Two decades later, at the age of 73, Golding was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature. -
Being Knighted
In 1988 he was knighted by England’s Queen Elizabeth II.
