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William Golding

By AnneofGreenGables
  • Birth

    Birth

    Born in Cornwall, England as Wiliam Gerald Golding
  • Poems is published

    Poems is published

  • Marraige to Ann Brookfield

    Marraige to Ann Brookfield

    Married Ann Brookfield
  • Lord of the Flies is published

    Lord of the Flies is published

    He originally had it titled 'Strangers from Within'.
  • The Inheritors is published

    The Inheritors is published

  • Pincher Martin is published

    Pincher Martin is published

  • The Brass Butterfly opens in Oxford

    The Brass Butterfly opens in Oxford

    This play of his was adapted from his story 'Envoy Extraordinary'
  • Free Fall is published

    Free Fall is published

  • Lord of the Flies, the film, is released in the USA

    Lord of the Flies, the film, is released in the USA

    This film version was directed by Peter Brook
  • The Spire is published

    The Spire is published

  • The Pyramid is published in book form

    The Pyramid is published in book form

  • The Scorpion God is published

    The Scorpion God is published

    This reprints 'Envoy Extraordinary' and adds two new stories.
  • Darkness Visible is published

    Darkness Visible is published

  • Rites of Passage is published

    Rites of Passage is published

  • A Moving Target is published

    A Moving Target is published

  • William Golding is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature

    William Golding is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature

  • The Paper Men is published

    The Paper Men is published

  • An Egyptian Journal is published

    An Egyptian Journal is published

  • Close Quarters is published

    Close Quarters is published

    This is a sequal to Rites of Passage.
  • William Golding is knighted

    William Golding is knighted

    He was very happy that it changed his wife's status to 'Lady' Golding.
  • Fire Down Below is published

    Fire Down Below is published

    This is the final novel of the Sea Trilogy.
  • His Sea Trilogy is compiled into one volume, To the Ends of the Earth

    His Sea Trilogy is compiled into one volume, To the Ends of the Earth

  • Sir William Golding dies