-
On september 11, 1911 William Golding was born. He was born in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England.
-
He began teaching in 1935, He started teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury.
-
He quit his job and joined the royal army. He spent 6 years on a boat in the army.
-
He published his first novel. He was rejected 21 times before it was published.
-
In 1983 he was prized with his first award for Lord of the Flies. He was awarded the Noble Prize for Literature.
-
He was knighted in 1988. He was knighted by England's Queen Elizabth II.
-
A movie of Lord of the Flies was released in 1990. this brought attention to the book of a new generation of readers.
-
He died in Perranaworthal. He died of a heart attack.
