William Golding

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  • William Golding is born

    William Golding is born
    William Golding was born in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England to Mildred and Alex. His mother fought for women’s right to vote and his father worked as a schoolmaster. He received his education at Marlborough Grammar School and showed interest in literature from an early age. (Biography.com)

  • College

    College
    He began attending Brasenose College at Oxford and studied science for 2 years. In his third year however he switched to literature following his heart. (Biography.com)

  • His first work

    His first work
    A year before he graduated, William published his first work, a book of poetry aptly entitled Poems which did not receive much exposure (Biography.com).

  • Teaching

    Teaching
    After Golding graduated he worked in settlement houses and the theater for a time. Later he began teaching English and Philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury.
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  • Graduating

    Graduating
    William Golding graduated from oxford with a Bachelor of Arts in English and diploma in education (Cliffnotes.com).

  • Marrige

    Marrige
    He married Ann Brookfield 1939. The couple had two children, David in 1940 and Judith in 1945 (Biography.com).

  • Joined the Royal Navy

    Joined the Royal Navy
    William Golding temporarily quit teaching to join the Royal Navy and fight in WWII. During the war he spent much of his time at sea and found a love for sailing. Golding did well in the war and was later even placed in command of a rocket-launching craft, his war days served as a major inspiration for his novel (Biography.com).

  • Lord of the Flies

    Lord of the Flies
    Golding publishes his novel Lord of The flies in 1954 after 21 rejections. The novel has been widely regarded as a classic, worthy of in-depth analysis and discussion in classrooms around the world (Biography.com).

  • Film

    Film
    In 1963, the year after Golding retired from teaching, Peter Brook made a film adaptation of the critically acclaimed novel (Biography.com).

  • Nobel Prize for Literature

    Nobel Prize for Literature
    Golding was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature (Biography.com).

  • Knighting

    Knighting
    he was knighted by England’s Queen Elizabeth II (Cliffnotes.com).

  • A second film

    A second film
    In 1990 a new film version of the Lord of the Flies was released, bringing the book to the attention of a new generation of readers (Biography.com).

  • Death