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William Golding

By Stella_Brinkman33
  • Birth

    Birth

    William Golding was born on September 19th of 1911.
  • First Book

    First Book

    William Golding published his first book a year before he graduated from school. It was a book of poetry, creatively titled "Poems."
  • Graduated school

    Graduated school

    William Golding graduated from Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1935.
  • Career

    Career

    William Golding taught English and Philosophy in Salisbury in 1935. He temporarily left teaching in 1940 to join the Royal Navy.
  • Married

    Married

    William Golding was originally engaged to Molly Evans. However, he broke the engagement and happily married Ann Brookfield in September 1939.
  • Children

    Children

    William Golding had two children with his wife. The first was born in 1940.
  • Lord of the Flies

    Lord of the Flies

    William Golding's book Lord of the Flies was published on September 17th, 1954.
  • Film Adaptation

    Film Adaptation

    In 1963, the year after Golding retired from teaching, Peter Brook made a film adaptation of Lord of the Flies.
  • Nobel Prize

    Nobel Prize

    William Golding won a Nobel Prize in Literature.
  • Death

    Death

    William Golding died on the 19th of June, 1993 at 81 years old.