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William Golding was born on September 19th 1911 in Cornwall, England. -
He lived with his father and brother (Alec Golding and Joseph Golding) and went to school at Oxford University -
William went on to publish his first book in 1934 called Poems -
From 1939 to 1961 he worked at a high school called Bishop Wordsworth in Salisbury. -
He served in the Royal Navy as well as other diversions both during and after World War 2 -
William married analytical chemist Ann Brookfield in 1939 and had two children, David (1940) and Judith (1945) -
He wrote his first of many novels named "Lord of the Flies" in 1954 -
From 1979 to 1988, William earned the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983, the Booker Prize in 1980, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1979. -
William and his wife moved into a house called "Tullimaar" in Perranarworthal, near Truro, Cornwall, before his death -
On June 19th, 1993 William Golding died due to heart failure at the age of 81