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William Golding - Pre AP English Mrs. Ranger

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  • William Golding Was Born

    William Golding Was Born
    William Golding was born September 19th, 1911 in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. He was born to his mother, Mildred, which was an active suffrage who fought for Women's right to vote. His father, Alex, was a schoolmaster.

  • Young Self

    William Golding at the age of 12 attempted, unsuccessfully, to write a novel. Angered at his age he took it out in bullying his peers. His older self would describe his younger self as a brat.

  • First Book Published

    A year before his graduation from Oxford University studying English, he published his first book. It was a book of poems titled 'Poems'. It was largely overlooked by Critics.

  • Teaching

    Teaching
    He finally decided to follow in his fathers footsteps when he took a position teaching English and Philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury.

  • Joining the Royal Navy

    William Golding left teaching to be in the Royal Navy for World War 2. He spent the next 6 years on a boat. This is where he found his love of sailing and the sea. He worked hard fending off submarines and planes and had fought battleships. He was even placed in command of a rocket launching craft. Through all of this he saw all of the evil man is capable of and that contributed to Lord of the Flies.

  • War Ended

    Once the war ended William went back to teaching and writing.

  • Lord of the Flies

    Lord of the Flies
    In 1954 after 21 rejections, William Golding published his first and most acclaimed novel 'Lord of the Flies'. Since is publication it has been named a classic, worthy of in depth analysis and discussions in classrooms around the world.

  • Film

    A year after Golding retired from teaching, Peter Brook made a film adaption of Lord of the Flies.

  • Nobel Prize for Literature

    At his age of 73 he was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature

  • Knighted By The Queen

    Knighted By The Queen
    In 1988 he was knighted by England's Queen Elizabeth 2.

  • New Film

    In 1990 a new film version came out of the book Lord of the Flies and it brought attention to the newer generations.

  • William Golding Dies

    His last years were spent with his wife until William died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall. After he died they published his completed manuscript, 'The Double Tongue'.