William Golding

By esharak
  • Birth

    William Golding was bornin Saint Coumb Minor, Cornwall ,England
  • school years

    At the age of 12 William tried to write a novel but failed , because of the falure of his little novel be began to bully his peers
  • before graduating

    a year before graduating form Oxford university William published a book called Poems
  • after collage

    After collage William followed in his fathers footsteps and became a English and philosophy He taught unruly boys which later served as inspiration to his books
  • married life

    William married Ann Brookfield who later had two boys
  • WW II

    William abandoned teaching to be fight in WW II. William served in the Royal Navy.
  • After WW II

    Once WW II was over WIlliam went back to being a teacher
  • Rejection and triumph

    After being rejected 21 times William gave it one more shot and submitted his book Lord of the Flies. Which lead to many other books being published by him
  • the movie

    A couple of yeas after the book was published a director made a movie of the book. which also got more people reading the book
  • Prize of a lifetime

    two decades after the movie was made William Golding was awarded the Nobel Prize of Literature
  • The Queen

    The British Novelist was knighted by The Queen Elizabeth II
  • After life

    William died of a heart attack . Soon after his death his manuscript of Double tongue was published