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William Golding was born September 19, 1911, in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England.
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When William was just 12 years old, he attempted, unsuccessfully, to write a novel. A frustrated child, he found an outlet in bullying his peers. Later in life, William would describe his childhood self as a brat, even going so far as to say, “I enjoyed hurting people.”
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Golding began attending Brasenose College at Oxford in 1930 and spent two years studying science, in deference to his father's beliefs.
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In 1934, a year before he graduated, William published his first work, a book of poetry aptly entitled Poems. The collection was largely overlooked by critics.
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In 1935 he started teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury.
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William temporarily left teaching in 1940 to join the Royal Navy.
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In 1954 he published his first novel, Lord of the Flies.
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In 1983, Wiliam Golding was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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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.
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On June 19, 1993, he died in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England.
