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The Day it all Began
Golding was born in Cornwall, England, 1911. His mother (Mildred) as a supporter of the British suffragette and his dad (Alec) was a school teacher. -
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College
Golding attended Brasenose college in the year of 1930. He studied science and loved fiction. He graduated college at the year of 1935. -
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Career
Golding worked as a writer, actor, and producer with a small theater in London. Golding also was teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury at Bishop Wordsworth's School. -
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Working for his Country
Golding was a navy recruit for 5 years. He wrote story's of him being in the navy and telling the world of his brutal experience. -
The Lord of the Flies
One of his most famous novels is the Lord of the Flies which he published in 1954. It talks about the hardships and cruelty mankind can show. -
His Award
Golding received the honorary designation 10 years after he was granted membership in the Royal Society of Literature. Golding's greatest honor was receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983. -
The Scorpion God
In 1971, Golding published the novel "the Scorpion God." It represents the explores of negative repercussions of technological progress. -
The Day it all Ended
Golding died in the year of 1993 in the town of Cornwall. He died of a heart failure.