William Golding

By agonzales02

  • Golding's Birthday

    William Golding was born on September 19,1911, in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England.

  • William's first published work

    In 1934, a year before he graduated, William published his first work, a book of poetry aptly entitled Poems.

  • Oxford

    In 1935, he graduated from Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a diploma in education.

  • Career and later years

    Golding worked as a writer, actor, and a producer with a small theater in an unfashionable part of London, he also payed his bills with a job as a social worker.

  • Teaching

    In 1939, Golding began teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury at Bishop Wordsworth's School.

  • Newly Weds

    Golding gets married to Ann Brookfield in 1939 and had two children named David and Judith.

  • Off to war

    Although passionate about teaching from day one, in 1940 Golding temporarily abandoned the profession to join the Royal Navy and fight in World War ll.

  • After the War

    In 1945, after World War ll had ended, Golding went back to teaching and writing.

  • Golding's first acclaimed novel

    In 1954, after 21 rejections, Golding published his first and most acclaimed novel, Lord of the Flies.

  • Nobel Prize

    At the age of 73, Golding was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature.

  • Queen Elizabeth

    In 1988, Golding was knighted by England's Queen Elizabeth ll.

  • Death of Golding

    In June of 1993, Golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall.