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William Golding was born on September 19, 1911 in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England
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In 1935, William Golding began teaching literature and philosophy at Bishop Worship school in Salisbury.
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He joined the royal navy to fight in WW2 and spent the next 6 years on a boat, except a six month stint in New York
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After WW2 he went back to teaching
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In 1954 after being rejected 21 times, he published his first acclaimed novel called Lord of The Flies. The novel talked about a group of boys stranded on a deserted island
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After a year of retiring, peter brook made a film adaption of the critically acclaimed novel
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Two decades after the film he received a noble prize for literature
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IN 1988 he was knighted by England's Queen Elizabeth 2
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He died on June 19, 1993 from a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall
