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William Golding was born on September 19, 1911, in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England.
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After primary school William went to attend Brasenose College at Oxford University. Williams’s family had better hopes for William to study English literature. William published a book of poetry in1934.
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In 1935 he started teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury.
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He temporarily left teaching in 1940 to join the Royal Navy.Golding faught in World War II.
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In 1954 he published his first novel, Lord of the Flies.
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In 1983, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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On June 19, 1993, he died in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England.Golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall. He was survived by his wife and their two children, David and Judith. After Golding passed away, his completed manuscript for The Double Tongue was published posthumously.
