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He was born in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. He try and failed to publish a book as a kid. He went to college and studied English literature against his dad's wishes.
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After college he took up a teaching position in 1935 where the unruly boys he taught would later become his inspiration to write The Lord of The Flies. He joined the Royal Navy in 1940. He then went back to teaching and writing in 1945.
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After 21 rejections he finally published this book. This was his first novel that was published though he got published back in college to for a book of poems. It set the tone for his future work too and became a classic.
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He became part of the Royal Society of Literature in this year. This was following his best-known work Lord of the Flies.
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He retired from teaching this year. Then Peter Brook made a film about his Lord of the Flies novel.
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This year his novel Rites of Passage won the Booker Prize. This is a very important and respected British award.
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He recieved a noble peice prize in literature this year. He was 73 years old at this time.
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5 years after his reconition he was knighted. England’s Queen Elizabeth II is the one who gave him this title.
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Golding died in this year of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall. He left behind his wife Ann Brookfield and 2 kids, David and Judith.
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He left his completed manuscript behind. This book was The Double Tongue and it was published after his death.
