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William Golding born in Perranarworthal, England. His mother is a suffragette and his father is a schoolmaster.
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After a few years as a teacher, Golding joins the Royal Navy and fights in World War II. Much of what he witnesses in the war becomes inspiration for his book, The Lord of the Flies.
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After twenty-one attempts and twenty-one rejections, Lord of the Flies is published. The novel is Golding's most successful and challenges his father's rationalistic ideals.
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In 1983, Golding is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is awarded the prize mainly for the Lord of the Flies which remains, to this day, his most widely publicized work.
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In 1993, Golding dies in Cornwall, England. He is survived by his wife and two children.
