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Birth Date
William Golding was born September 19, 1911, in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. -
Published his first book
A year before he graduated, William published his first work, a book of poetry. The collection was largely overlooked by critics. -
Teach at Bishop Woedsworth's School
Golding took a position teaching English and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury -
Join in World War ll
Wiliam Golding abandoned the profession to join the Royal Navy and fight in World War II. During World War II, he fought battleships at the sinking of the Bismarck, and also fended off submarines and planes. Lieutenant Golding was even placed in command of a rocket-launching craft. -
World War ll Ends
After World War ll ended he went back teaching englsih and literature. -
Publishing of The Lord of the Fliies
On September 17, 1954, William Golding published his first Novel The Lordof the Flies. The novel was rejected by publishers 21 times.
This book set the tone for Golding’s future work, in which he continued to examine man’s internal struggle between good and evil. -
Retirment
William Golding retired form teaching. -
Film Adaptation
The year after William Golding retired from teaching, Peter Brook made a film adaptation of the critically acclaimed novel. -
The Nobel Prize in Liturature
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1983 was awarded to William Golding "for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today". -
Knighted by Queen Eilizabeth ll
He was knighted by England’s Queen Elizabeth II -
Died
William spent the last few years peacefully with his wife and children On June19, 1993, he died of heart attack in Parranarworthal, United Kingdom. After Wiliam Golding passed away, his completed manuscript for The Double Tongue was published posthumously.
