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William Golding was born on September 19th, 1911. He was born inside his grandmother's house, which is called "Karenza," also known as the Cornish word for love -
Golding was raised in Marlborough, Wiltshire, with his father, Alec, his mother, Mildred, and his older brother Joseph. His family lived by the St Mary's Church graveyard, which developed into Golding having a fear of graves as a child. Golding was taught at the same school that his father taught, and Golding himself stated that he was a "brat" during this time and found pleasure in harming others. In 1930, Golding spent 2 years in Natural science and 2 years in English at Brasenose College.
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Originally, Golding was engaged to Molly Evans, who was liked by Golding's parents. However, Golding broke off the marriage and instead married Ann Brookfield on September 30th, 1939, and had two kids named David and Judith. -
Golding was a part of the Royal Navy in 1940 and was a part of the crew on a Destroyer. Golding also contributed to D-Day, in which he commanded a landing craft that fired rockets onto the beach. -
William writing was writing as young as 12. However, it wasn't until he was 43 when he released "The Lord Of The Flies" was until he was relevant. There was 25 million copies sold of just the English version of the book alone. William Golding won the Nobel Prize in literatue in 1983 because of his work, and the "Lord Of The Flies" was demmed a top 100 novel of all time by the modern libary's list. -
Golding died of heart failure and was buried in the parish graveyard near his former home in Wiltshire.