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William Golding was born on September 19, 1911, to Mildred Golding in Newquay, Cornwall, England. William Golding was not born in a hospital, but instead he was born in his maternal grandmother's house. -
William Golding's parents were Alec Golding (his father) and Mildred Golding (his mother); he had one sibling in total, and that was his brother Joseph Golding.
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William Golding started his academics in 1921, where he attended Marborough Grammar School, where he began his university education at Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1930.
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William Golding's first career was as a poet and writer, with the launch of his poetry collection Poems in 1934. -
William Golding served in World War 2 in the British Royal Navy, joining in 1940 and serving almost six years at sea. -
William Golding published the Lord of the Flies book in September 17, 1954. This was his first book. -
William had two children the oldest David Golding he was born in January 23rd, 1958. David then had his second child Judy Carver born in May 22nd, 1946. The name of William's wife was Ann Brookfield.
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William Golding has received 3 awards in total: the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983, the coveted Booker Prize in 1980, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1979. -
William Golding and his wife moved to Tullimaar House at Perranarworthal, near Truro, Cornwall, where he died of heart failure, eight years later, on June 19th, 1993.