William Golding

  • Born

    Born
    He was born September 19, 1911. His birth took place in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England.
  • College

    College
    Golding began attending Brasenose College at Oxford in 1930. He spent two years studying science. In his third year he switched to literature.
  • Started teaching

    Started teaching
    He started teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury.
  • work

    work
    Golding worked as a writer, actor, and producer with a small theater in an unfashionable part of London. he paid his bills with a job as a social worker.
  • Married

    Married
    In September, a few weeks after the declaration of war, he married Ann Brookfield. There wedding was in Maidstone Registry Office.
  • Navy

    Navy
    He and his wife moved into a cottage in the Wiltshire village of Bowerchalke. In December Golding
    left Bishop Wordsworth to join the navy.
  • Published novel

    Published novel
    He published his first novel, Lord of the Flies. Before he published it he made several changes to the text.
  • writer

    writer
    He left Bishop Wordsworth's School. Shortly after he became a full time writer.
  • Award

    Award
    He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He got the prize with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art, and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today".
  • Death

    Death
    He died in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England. The cause of his death was cngestive heart faliure.