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The Birth of William
William Golding was born on September 11th, 1911. He was born to his parents, Mildred and Alex, Golding was born in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. -
Unsuccessful Novel Writing
Golding completed his first novel at the age of 12, in 1923. Although this was an unsuccessful attempt, it started his future career as a writer. -
First Work
William published his first works just a year before his graduation. His first piece was a poetry book called "Poems." -
Mr. Golding Teaching job
William started teaching both philosophy and English. He worked in Salisbury. -
Ann Brookfield
In 1939, the same yaer that William Golding began his teaching career, he got married. His wife's name was Ann Brookfield. -
Royal Navy
IN the year 1940, William briefly left his career of teaching. He decided to join the Royal Navy. -
Resume of His Career
Golding came back to his teaching job in 1945 after World War II has ended. After spending his time in the Royal Navy, he decided to resume his career of teaching and writing. -
First Novel
Golding received his first publication of his novel, Lord of The Flies, after being rejected 21 times before. This date was very important especially since he had been working on successfully writing a novel for the longest of times. -
Writer
William Golding, in 1961, left his teaching career at Bishop Wordworth's School. He decided to become a full time writer instead of just doing it on the side of his teaching career. -
Filming
After William Golding had retired from his teaching career, Lorf of the Flies was being filmed. Peter Brook decided to make a film out of Golding's famous novel. -
Death of William
William Goldberg died on June 19th, 1993 in Salisbury, Cornwall, England. He died at the age of 82 due to his congestive heart failure.
