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The birth of William Golding. Born in Newquay, United Kingdom
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Golding went to Marlborough Grammar School, where his father Alec was science master. He started at 1921 to 1930
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In January he started his teaching practice at Bishop Wordsworth’s School, Salisbury, and in June of that year passed his exams. In September, he took a post at Maidstone Grammar School. He met Ann Brookfield, and they fell in love.
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He also had a son with his beloved wife, Ann BrookfieldIn December Golding left Bishop Wordsworth to join the navy.
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In July the Goldings’ second and last child, Judith Diana, was born. In September Golding left the navy and returned to Bishop Wordsworth’s School.
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In January he started sending the novel to publishers. Many rejected it, until in September Golding sent it to Faber and Faber, where it was eventually accepted.
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Lord of the Flies was published in September
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The Inheritors was published.
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Pincher Martin was published. Golding also contributed the story ‘Envoy Extraordinary’ to Sometime, Never: three tales of the imagination (published by Eyre and Spottiswoode). The other two stories were by John Wyndham and Mervyn Peake.
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In November, Golding’s father Alec was diagnosed with cancer, and following an operation to remove the cancer he died suddenly of a heart attack in hospital on 12 December.
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His mother died
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The Spire was published
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The Pyramid was published in book
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Golding's book Darkness Visible was published, winning the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
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This year, Golding was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
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Faber and Faber published William Golding: The Man and his Books. A Tribute on his 75th Birthday, edited by John Carey.
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On June 19, 1993, Golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall.
