William Golding

By Karla Avina-Rios

  • Born

    William Golding was born on September 19th 1911 in Newquay, United Kingdom.

  • School

    School
    William graduated from he University of Oxford in 1935. There he studied English literature.

  • Navy

    Navy
    Joined the Royal Navy and took part in the sinking of a German battle ship.

  • Lord of the flies

    Lord of the flies
    William Golding, after 21 rejections published his novel Lord of the Flies in 1954

  • Lord of the flies

    Lord of the flies
    Lord of the Flies was released as a movie.

  • Nobel Prize

    Nobel Prize
    William Golding won a Nobel Prize for literature at the age of 73

  • Death

    Death
    On June 19, 1993 William Golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall.