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William Golding ,born ,September 19, 1911 in Cornwall, England.
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Williams first book "Poems" is published. A year before he graduated collage.
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Golding started teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury. His first teaching career took off at Bishop Wordsworth’s School.
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Golding stoped teaching to join the Royal Navy and fight in World War II.Golding has said, “I began to see what people were capable of doing. Anyone who moved through those years without understanding that man produces evil as a bee produces honey, must have been blind or wrong in the head.” about his ww2 experiences.
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After ww2 ended Golding quit the navy. He soon got a new gig as a teacher.
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"Lord Of Flies" finaly published. After 21 rejections Goldings second book was published.
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Golding finally retires . The writer lived happily ever after.
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Peter Brook made a film for "Lord of the Flies". Which allowed him to later recine a Nobel Prize .
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his biggest accomplishmant was Rites of Passage ,winner of the 1980 Booker McConnell Prize.
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