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William was raised in a house by a graveyard. His mother fought for women's rights to vote, and his father was a school master. He had an older brother, and he began an early education at his father's school
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William Golding was born on September 19, 1911 in Newquay, Cornwall, England -
From 1921 to 1930, William Golding attended Marlborough Grammar School, where his father was a science master. From 1930 to 1934, he attended Oxford University, and in 1937, he returned to Oxford to receive a diploma in education.
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William Golding got married to Ann Brookfield in 1939. He then had a son, David, born in 1940, and a daughter, Judith, born in July 1945.
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William Golding served in the Royal Navy for six years. He saw action during the war, and even particapated in the D- Day.
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In 1954, William Golding published Lord of the Flies
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In 1935, William Golding published his first book, Poems. -
For about thirty years of his life, William Goldberg struggled with severe alcoholism and depression. The alcoholism was likely linked to depression.
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In 1980, William Goldberg received a Booker Prize for his book, Rite of Passage.
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