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William Golding's Life

  • Born

    Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England.
  • "Poems" Is Published

  • Taught English & Philosophy.

    At Bishop Wordsworth's In Salisbury.
  • Married Ann Brookfield.

  • Joined Royal Navy.

    In World War II.
  • "Lord of The Flies" Published.

  • "Inheritors" Published.

  • "Pincher Martin" Published.

  • "The Brass Butterfly" Opens In Oxford.

  • "Free Fall" Is Published.

  • Golding Retired.

  • "Lord of The Flies" Film Released. (In The USA.)

  • "The Spire" Is Published.

  • "The Pyramid" Is Published. (In Book Form.)

  • "The Scorpion God" Is Published.

  • "Darkness Visible" Is Published.

  • "Rites of Passage" Is Published.

  • "A Moving Target" Is Published.

  • Golding Is Awarded The Nobel Prize For Literature.

  • "The Paper Man" Is Published.

  • "An Egyptian Journal" Is Published.

  • "Close Quarters" Is Published.

  • Golding Is Knighted By Queen Elizabeth II.

  • "Fire Down Below" Is Published.

  • "Lord of The Flies" Film Released.

  • "His Sea Trilogy" Is Published.

  • "The Double Tongue" Is Published.

    After Passing. Completed Manuscript.
  • Death

    Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England.