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His father hoped he would become a scientist, but William chose to study English literature instead. Just a year before he graduated, William published his first work, a book of poetry aptly entitled Poems.
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A year after William published his first work, a book of poetry aptly entitled Poems. He started teaching and took a position teaching English and philosophy. -
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He had to stop teaching because of the World War II. -
His name was David -
Golding went back to teaching and writing. -
His name was Judith -
after 21 rejections, Golding published his first and most acclaimed novel, Lord of the Flies. -
Golding retired from teaching, and Peter Brook made a film adaptation of the critically acclaimed novel. -
for his works, which illustrate the human condition in modern society with the precision of realistic narrative art and the variety and humanity of myth because of this he won The Nobel Prize for Literature. -
The Lord of the Flies was released, bringing the book to the attention of a new generation of readers. -
Golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall. After Golding died, his completed manuscript for The Double Tongue was published posthumously.