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William Golding's birth was on September 19, 1911, in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall.
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In 1935 he began teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury.
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He left teaching temporarily in 1940 to join the Royal Navy. Which led him to fighting in World War 2.
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In 1954 he published his first novel, which was named "Lord of the Flies". This first novel had 21 rejections before it was published.
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Following the publication of Lord of the Flies, Golding was granted membership in the Royal Society of Literature.
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In 1983, he was awarded a Nobel Prize for Literature.
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The Paper Men, was condemned by reviewers as his worst work, partly because the novel seemed to condemn literary critics.
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He was knighted by England’s Queen Elizabeth II.
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New film version of the Lord of the Flies was released, bringing the book to the attention of a new generation of readers.
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On June 19, 1993, he died in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England. His death was from a Heart Attack.
