william golding (timeline)

  • getting married

    getting married
    in 1939 he got married to ann brookfield
  • military service

    military service
    he joined the royal navy in 1940 serving on a destroyer
  • works on rocket ship during ww2

    works on rocket ship during ww2
    he worked on a rocket boat on d-day
  • published his first novel lord of the flies

    published his first novel lord of the flies
    After 21 rejections he finally published his first novel in 1954 lord of the flies
  • movie

    movie
    in 1963 a movie was made after lord of the flies
  • is rewarded with nobel prize

    is rewarded with nobel prize
    William Golding was awarded the nobel peace prize in literature
  • knighted in England

    knighted in England
    in 1988 he was knighted by queen Elizabeth the 2nd
  • a new film of the lord and the flies comes out

    a new film of the lord and the flies comes out
    a new version of the lord and the flies comes out
  • in 1993 he died of a heart attack

    William Golding dies of a heart attack at his own home
  • his manuscript is published

    his manuscript is published
    his manuscript the double tongue is published