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Golding was born in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England in a 14th-century house. Mildred was his mother who was an active sufferagette and Alec was his father who was a schoolteacher.
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Golding attended Brasenose College at Oxford University. He studied science for two years following in his father's steps, but decided to study English literature the third year.
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Golding published his first work, which was a book of poetry called Poems. However, this work was mostly ignored by critics.
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Golding graduated Oxford colllege with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a diploma in education. Afterward he began his career.
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After college Golding worked as a writer, actor, and producer. He also taught English and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury.
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Golding temporarily stopped teaching and joined the Royal Navy to fight in World War II. During the war, he fought battleships and fended off submarines and planes, then went back to teaching in 1945.
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Golding published Lord of the Flies after 21 rejections. Later on it became a classic and is read in classrooms around the world.
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Golding retired from teaching a year before. Peter Brooke made a film adaptation for the Lord of the flies.
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Golding was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for literature. Later he was also knighted by England’s Queen Elizabeth II.
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In Golding's last few years he lived with his wife and wrote. He died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall. on June 19, 1993
