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birth
this is the date of Williams Golding's birth. Little did he know how impactful his life would be. -
first volume of poems
His most noticeable poem was The Pheonix. This was the beginning of his author career. -
joined royal navy
He spent 6 years afloat. Also saw a lot of action with other ships, submarines, and aircrafts. -
his first book Lord of the Flies
As his first novel he really couldn't ask for more. It was an instant hit and is still being read today. -
published The Inheritors
The Inheritors is a work of prehistoric fiction. It concerns the extinction of one of the last remaining tribes of Neanderthals at the hands of the more sophisticated Homo sapiens. -
published pincher martin
This is Williams third novel now. The novel is one of Golding's best-known novels, and is noted for being existential and minimalistic in setting. -
published first play The Brass Butterfly
this was Williams first play. It is about Greek scientist arrives with his inventions of the steam engine, gun powder, and printing. -
published Free Fall
This is his fourth novel. Written in the first person, it is a self-examination by an English painter, Samuel Mountjoy, held in a German POW camp during World War II. -
retired from teaching
He went to school for teaching. But once he found his love for writing he couldn't go back. -
published Lord of The Flies film
It got a remake in 1990. Fairly noticeable movie got a bit of attention. -
Published The Spire
This is his fifth novel. "A dark and powerful portrait of one man's will", it deals with the construction of a 404-foot-high spire loosely based on Salisbury Cathedral -
Published The Hot Gates
First essay/book. The collection is divided into four sections: "People and Places", "Books", "Westward Look" and "Caught in a Bush". -
Published The Pyramid
His sixth novel it describes the experiences of growing up in the 1920s in a small market town in England of the narrator, Oliver. It tells three separate stories from his childhood, resolving them many years later. -
published The Scorpion God
This was his first mini collection. Consisted of 3 short novels. -
published Darkness Visible
The book won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. The title comes from Paradise Lost, from the line, "No light, but rather darkness visible". -
published Rites of Passage
One of if not his most important novel. Was a very well known novel and went down in history. -
won the Nobel Booker Prize
He won it for the Rites of Passage. This could've been his biggest accomplishment. -
published A Moving Target
Consisted of essays and autobiographical pieces. The book is divided into the two sections of "Places" and "Ideas". -
Published An Egyptian Journal
A first-hand journal about the Goldings' travels through Egypt, soon after winning the Nobel Prize, living on a motor cruiser on the Nile. This wasn't really a meaningful piece for William -
date of death
this is the year william died. he lived a very memorable life and that went down in history.