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William Golding was born in Newquay, Cornwall, England, on September 19th, 1911. -
William Golding lived next to a cemetery as he developed a fear of cemeteries, and that is when he got inspired by writing, and he wrote a novel when he was only 12. -
William Godling was a Christian, as he had a deep interest in religious themes such as biblical allegory. -
William Golding had six family members, as he has his parents, one brother, his wife, and two children. -
William Golding wrote 12 novels, with his most famous book being Lord Of The Flies. -
William Golding's accomplishments were the lord of the Flies and receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature. -
William Golding's military service was in the Royal Navy during World War II, where he joined as an ordinary seaman in 1940 and rose to the rank of lieutenant. -
William Golding won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1983 for his work, and he also won the Booker Prize in 1980 for his novel Rites of Passage. -
William Golding died on June 19th,1993 as he died when he was 81 years old, and he died from a heart attack.