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William Gerald Golding was born on September 11th, 1911 in Newquay, United Kingdom. -
William Golding attended the school his father was a headmaster at where he tried to write a novel and failed which led him to bully others in his younger years -
When William was young he lived in a 14th-century house. during his younger years, he went to school where his father was the headmaster and in this school when William was 12 he tried to write a novel which failed. This angered him so he began to bully others.
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William Golding graduated from Brasenose College at Oxford University in 1934. One year before Golding graduated he published his first novel, called Poems. -
Just a year after graduating William took up an English and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury. -
As William matured he decided to become a teacher, teaching English and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury.
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Golding married Ann Brookfield in 1939where they then lived in Falmouth, Cornwall where Golding continued writing novels. -
Although passionate about teaching from day one, in 1940 Golding temporarily abandoned the profession to join the British Royal Navy and fight in World War II. -
In September of 1940, golding had his first son David -
William Golding had his second child Judith, in July 1945 -
In 1954 after 21 rejections, Golding published his first and most acclaimed novel, Lord of the Flies. -
In 1980 Golding won the Booker McConnell Prize for his famous novel The Spire and Rites of Passage. The ceremony was held in The Somerset House, Strand, London, England. -
In 1983 William Golding won the Nobel Literature Award in Stockholm Sweden -
On June 19, 1993, Golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall. After Golding died, his completed manuscript for The Double Tongue was published after his death.