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William Golding

By Makhia Newsome
  • Birth of William Golding

    Birth of William Golding

    Mr. Golding was born on September 19, 1911. He was born in Cornwall, England.
  • College

    College

    William Golding left grammar school to attend Brasenose College at Oxford University
  • First work

    First work

    William released his first book of poetry, Poems, a year before he graduated. A book of poetry aptly entitled Poems
  • After College

    After College

    Mr.Golding accepted a position as an English and philosophy teacher at Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury.
  • Royal Navy

    Royal Navy

    Golding left the profession of teaching for a time to join the Royal Navy and fight in World War II.
  • During World War II

    During World War II

    At the Bismarck's sinking, he engaged battleships while also avoiding planes and submarines. Lieutenant Golding was even given charge of a rocket-launching vessel.
  • End of World War II

    End of World War II

    Golding returned to teaching and writing when WWII ended.
  • Lord of the Flies

    Lord of the Flies

    Lord of the Flies, Golding's first and most celebrated work, was released after 21 rejections.
  • Nobel Prize

    Nobel Prize

    The critically acclaimed book was turned into a movie by Peter Brook the year after Golding left the classroom. At the age of 73 and 20 years later, Golding received the 1983 Nobel Prize in Literature.
  • Knighted

    Knighted

    Elizabeth II, the queen of England, knighted him.
  • Film Version

    Film Version

    A new film adaptation of Lord of the Flies was released, bringing the novel to a new generation of readers' attention.
  • Death

    Death

    Golding passed away after suffering a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall. After Golding died, his finished manuscript for The Double Tongue was released posthumously.