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William Golding was born to parents Alec and Mildred Golding on the 19th of September 1911. He was born in Newquay Egland. -
In 1930, Golding went to Brasenose College, Oxford, where he read Natural Sciences for two years before transferring to English for his final two years. -
He taught English and Philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury. -
He got married Ann Brookfield after he broke his engagement to Molly Evens -
After five years of teaching, Golding joined the Royal Navy to fight in World War II. He spent a staggering 6 years in the war and did his fair share of fighting. Eventually, he even ranked up to Lieutenant status. -
After William bravely served throughout World War II, he went back to his profession of teaching. -
After 21 rejections, William got his most famous novel published by Faber and Faber. Golding's experiences working with unruly boys as a teacher and his time as a combatant in WWII inspired Lord of the Flies. -
Film producer Peter Brook made the first film adaptation of William's book "Lord of the Flies". -
William won the Booker Prize because of his book "Rites of Passage". -
The 1983 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the British author 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 today's world". -
In 1988 he was knighted by the queen of England for winning a Nobel Prize. -
On June 19th, 1993 the famous author William Golding died of heart failure.