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William Golding was born
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12 year old Golding attempted unsuccessfully to write a novel.
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William published his first work, a book of poetry aptly entitled Poems.
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He graduated at Brasenose College at Oxford University with an english literature degree.
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Golding took a position teaching English and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury.
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Golding spent the last few years of his life quietly living with his wife,Ann Brookfield,at their house near Falmouth,Cornwall,where he continued to toil at his writing.The couple had married in 1939 and had two children,David(b.1940) and Judith(b.1945).
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Golding temporarily abandoned the profession to join the Royal Navy and fight in World War II.
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Period: to
Time he was on a boat during war.
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After World War II had ended, Golding went back to teaching and writing.
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After 21 rejections, Golding published his first and most acclaimed novel, Lord of the Flies.
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The year after Golding retired from teaching, Peter Brook made a film adaptation of the critically acclaimed novel.
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Two decades later, at the age of 73, Golding was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature.
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He was knighted by England’s Queen Elizabeth II.