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William Golding was born on September 19, 1911. At the Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. His parents were Mildred, an active suffragette who fought for women’s right to vote and his father, Alex, a schoolmaster.
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When William was 12, he attempted to write a novel but failed. Frustrated he bullied his peers from school as a way to express his feelings. He said "I enjoyed hurting people."
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Golding went into teaching English and Philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury
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After World War Two ended, William Golding went back to writing and teaching.
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His book, "Lord of the flies" was published after 21 rejections. The novel is about how a group of adolescent boys are alone in a desserted island after a plane crash.
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Peter Brook created a movie based on the novel "Lord of the Flies". A year after William retired from teacheing.
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William Golding was presented the 1983 nobel prize for literature.
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England's Queen Elizabeth II knighted William Golding.
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William Golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall. After Golding passed away, his book "The Double Tongue" was published.
