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He was born on September 19, 1911 in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England.
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In 1935, he graduated from Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a diploma in education.
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In 1939, Golding began teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury at Bishop Wordsworth's School.
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He temporarily left teaching in 1940 to join the Royal Navy.
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He published his first novel, Lord of the Flies.
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In 1963, the year after Golding retired from teaching, Peter Brook made a film adaptation of the critically acclaimed novel.
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He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983.
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He was knighted by England’s Queen Elizabeth II.
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In 1990 a new film version of the Lord of the Flies was released, bringing the book to the attention of a new generation of readers.
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He died in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England.
