-
early life 1911-1934
-was born on September 19, 1911. in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. He was raised in a 14th-century house next door to a graveyard.
-His mother was an active suffragette who fought for women's right to vote
-when he was twelve years old. he attempted to write a novel -
Teaching years
In due time he decided to follow his father's footsteps and began in 1935, Golding took a position teaching English and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury. Golding’s experience teaching unruly young boys would later serve as inspiration for his novel Lord of the Flies. -
The royal navy
Temporarily abandoned teaching to go join the royal navy and fight in WWII.spent six years in the navy and developed a passion for sailing and the sea. which later gave him inspiration for "Lord of the flies." -
"Lord of the flies"
In 1954, after 21 rejections, Golding published his first and most acclaimed novel, Lord of the Flies. The novel told the story of a group of adolescent boys stranded on a deserted island after a plane wreck. Lord of the Flies explored the savage side of human nature as the boys, let loose from the constraints of society, brutally turned against one another in the face of an imagined enemy.,which set the tone for his future which mainly focused on man's struggle between good and evil. -
awards and films 1963-1990
In 1963, the year after Golding retired from teaching, Peter Brook made a film adaptation of the critically acclaimed novel. Two decades later, at the age of 73, Golding was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature. In 1988 he was knighted by England’s Queen Elizabeth II. Then In 1990 a new film version of the Lord of the Flies was released, bringing the book to the attention of a new generation of readers. -
death and legacy
On June 19, 1993, Golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall. After Golding died, his completed manuscript for The Double Tongue was published. Among the most successful novels of Golding’s writing career were Rites of Passage (winner of the 1980 Booker McConnell Prize), Pincher Martin, Free Fall, and The Pyramid. While Golding was mainly a novelist, his body of work also includes poetry, plays, essays, and short stories.
