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William Golding was born September 19, 1911, in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England.He was raised up in a 14th-century type of house next to a graveyard.
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In 1930 Golding attended Brasenose College in Oxfod. He spent two years studying science and then switched to the literture program the college offered.
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He worked as an, actor, writer, and a producer. He considered the theater as his strongest part of literture.
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In1935 William started teaching a English and philosophy class in Salisbury. Teaching unruly boys in his class lead him to his inspiration for Lord of the Flies
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in 1939 William Golding gets married to Annn Brookfield. The following year they have their first child, David.
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Golding spent six years on a naval boat fight in World War 2. His duty was to fight off the enemy battleships.
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After World War 2 ended, William Golding went back to teaching and writing.
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Washis first sucessfully written books.He combined his preception of humanity with his years of experience with schoolboys.
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Golding gave up teaching schoolboys in 1962. After that he became a full-time writer.
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In 1983 he won the nobel prize for literture. He won it because of the books he had writen and the way it was written.
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On June 19, 1993 William Golding died in Cornwall, England. He died from heart failure.
