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Birth
William Gerald Golding was born in Cornwall, England, on the 19th of September 1911. -
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Education
Golding began attending Brasenose College at Oxford in 1930 and spent two years studying science, in his third year, however, he switched to the literature program, following his true interests.In 1935, he graduated from Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a diploma in education. -
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Early Career
Golding worked as a writer, actor, and producer with a small theater in an unfashionable part of London, paying his bills with a job as a social worker. He considered the theater his strongest literary influence. -
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Later Years
Golding began teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury at Bishop Wordsworth's School. He remained in the teaching position until he left Bishop Wordsworth's School to write full time. -
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Golding At War
The five years Golding spent in the navy made an enormous impact, exposing him to the incredible cruelty and barbarity of which humankind is capable. -
Lord Of The Flies Was Published
Lord of the Flies, which was published in 1954, Golding combined that perception of humanity with his years of experience with schoolboys. Although not the first novel he wrote, Lord of the Flies was the first to be published after having been rejected by 21 publishers. -
Nobel Prize
Golding's greatest honor was being awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature. -
Death
Golding died in Cornwall in 1993.
