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Born
William Golding was born September 19, 1911, in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. He was raised in a 14th-century house next door to a graveyard. -
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Goldings early career
From 1935 to 1939, Golding worked as a writer, actor, and producer with a small theater in an unfashionable part of London, paying his bills with a job as a social worker. -
Teaching
In 1935 he started teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury. Golding’s experience teaching unruly young boys would later serve as inspiration for his novel Lord of the Flies. -
The navy
He temporarily left teaching in 1940 to join the Royal Navy.While in the Royal Navy, Golding developed a lifelong romance with sailing and the sea. -
Lord of the flies
In 1954 he published his first 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. -
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Nobel prize and being knighted
Golding was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature. In 1988 he was knighted by England’s Queen Elizabeth II. -
Death and legacy
On June 19, 1993, Golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall.After Golding passed away, his completed manuscript for The Double Tongue was published posthumously.
