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The day he was born.
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Time he live to time to he die
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Golding began attending Brasenose College at Oxford in 1930 and spent two years studying science. In his third year, however, he switched to the literature program, following his true interests.
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In 1934, a year before he graduated, William published his first work. It was a book of poetry aptly entitled Poems.
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In 1935, he graduated from Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a diploma in education.
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He started teaching English and philosophy in Salisburg.
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The couple married in 1939. They had two children together, David (b. 1940) and Judith (b. 1945).
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He temporarily left teaching in 1940 to join the Royal Navy.
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In 1945, after World War II had ended, Golding went back to teaching and writing.
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In 1954 he published his first novel. It was titled Lord of the Flies.
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Golding retired from teaching.
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Peter Brook made a film adaptation of the critically acclaimed novel.
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In 1983, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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In 1988, he was knighted by England’s Queen Elizabeth II.
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In 1990 a new film version of the Lord of the Flies was released, bringing the book to the attention of a new generation of readers.
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On June 19, 1993, he died in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England.
