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William was born on September 19, 1911, born to Mildred Golding in Cornwall, England. -
He would often visit the Bristol Museum with his grandparents and was fascinated by their Egyptian artefacts and displays. He also enjoyed fishing and sailing with some of his family members.
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William Golding got accepted and attended Brasenose College, where he majored in natural sciences and English. He also attended Marlborough Royal Free Grammar School. -
Golding was engaged to Molly Evans. However, he broke off the engagement and married Ann Brookfield, an analytical chemist, on 30 September 1939. They had two children: David (born September 1940) and Judith (born July 1945). -
William Golding's first "book" came out in 1934 with a poetry collection. After World War II, he began working on the Lord of the Flies novel, which was published in 1954 after several rejections. -
William Golding wrote 23 books in his lifetime. his most popular book is Lard of the Flies, which is about the story of a group of schoolboys isolated on a coral island who revert to savagery. -
Darkness Visible was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1980, and was awarded the Booker Prize in 1980.
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In 1983, Golding was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature "for his novels