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William Golding was born on September 19, 1911 in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall. His mother, was an active suffragette who fought for women’s right to vote. His father, worked as a schoolmaster. -
In 1934 William published his first book. The book was about poems entitled Poems. The collection was largely overlooked by critics. -
In 1935 William took up a job teaching English and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury. Golding’s experience teaching unruly young boys would later serve as inspiration for his novel Lord of the Flies. -
In 1940 William temporarily abandoned the profession in order to join the Royal Navy and serve in World War II. He spent the next six years on a boat, except for a seven-month stint in New York, where he assisted Lord Cherwell at the Naval Research Establishment. -
after World War II had ended, Golding went back to teaching and writing. On September 17, 1954 William Golding's most popular book Lord Of The Flies was released. -
In 1963 the year after Golding retired form teaching, Peter Brook made a film adaptation of Lord Of The Flies -
Two decades later, at the age of 73, Golding was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature. "...I came to Sweden characterized as a pessimist, though I am an optimist. Now something – perhaps the wonderful warmth of your hospitality – has changed me into a comic. That is a hard position to sustain." -
As a result of his contributions to literature. In 1988 he was knighted by England's Queen Elizabeth II -
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. -
On June 19, 1993 William Golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall