Willam Golding

By starkb16764-22

  • William Golding was born

    in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England.

  • Started teaching English and Philosohpy

    Willam Golding started teaching english and philoshy in slasbury

  • He temporarily left teaching

    . He temporarily left teaching in 1940 to join the Royal Navy.

  • published first book

    he published his first novel, Lord of the Flies.

  • the year after Golding retired from teaching

    Peter Brook made a film adaptation of the critically acclaimed novel.

  • he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature

  • he was knighted by England’s Queen Elizabeth II.

  • a new film version of 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

    After Golding died, his completed manuscript for The Double Tongue was published posthumously

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