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William Golding was born on September 19, 1911 in Cornwall, England. Not long after he was born, The Great War or World War I began and continued throughout his childhood.
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William Golding Timeline
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Timeline
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William Golding entered at Brasenose College in Oxford in 1930. He studied science but in his third year, he began to pursue his true desire and studied English Literature and philosophy.
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William Golding graduated from college in 1935. He finished with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English.
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William Golding began working as a writer, actor and producer in a small theater in London. Also, he married Ann Brookfield and had two children with her.
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William Golding published his first major novel "Lord of the Flies". Initially, he was rejected by 21 different publishers before it went on to surprising success.
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Golding won the Booker Prize for his novel "Rites of Passage".
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William Golding won the Nobel Prize in 1983. Golding is among the most popular and influential British authors to have emerged after World War I.
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William Golding was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
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His novel "Lord of the Flies" was made into a film for the second time. The first time it was put into a film was in 1963.
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William Golding died on June 19, 1993 in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England.
