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William Golding was born on September 19th, 1911, in Newquay, Cornwall, England. -
William Golding was raised in Malborough, Wiltshire, England. His parents were a schoolmaster and a suffragette. He spent most of his time in their house because of how young he was compared to his older brother, Jose. He grew up terrified of the graveyard next door because from their window in the house, you could see a graveyard. He was very smart in school and received many academic and athletic awards. He played cricket, sprinting, and rugby. He sprinted at a country level.
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He was raised in a 14th-century house next door to a graveyard. His mother, Mildred, was an active suffragette who fought for women's right to vote. His father, Alex, worked as a schoolmaster. He had one brother named Joseph Golding. He married Ann Brookfield on September 30, 1939. They had two children together, a son named David and a daughter named Judith.
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William Golding went to Brasenose College and Oxford University. He initially studied natural science, but was unhappy and ended up switching to English Literature. In Oxford, William Golding published his first work, a book of poems.
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William Golding fought in World War II. He was a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, serving in anti-submarine and anti-aircraft operations. He helped take down the German battleship Bismarck and commanded a rocket-launching craft during the D-Day invasion of Normandy. His experience in the War is said to have inspired him to write The Lord of the Flies.
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In the middle of college, he switched his major to Literature because he realized that he loved writing and telling stories. After publishing his book in 1954 (The Lord of the Flies) did his career really began to take off. He then started winning many awards for his writing and became a well-known author.
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William Golding published the widely known book The Lord of the Flies on September 17th, 1954. The Lord of the Flies is about a group of boys who are stranded on an island and try to create their own society. Initially, Lord of the Flies sold very poorly, but it eventually became a massive worldwide bestseller. -
The Inheritors is another book that was written by William Golding. This is another famous book for which he won awards for writing. This was published in 1955. It was about a tribe of Neanderthals, led by the thoughtful Lok, as they encountered early Homo sapiens in a prehistoric land, leading to conflict and the gradual destruction of the peaceful Neanderthals due to the violence. -
William Golding won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983, the Booker Prize for Rites of Passage in 1980, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Darkness Visible in 1979. He was also awarded the title of Knight Bachelor in 1988.
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William Golding died on June 19, 1993. He died of heart failure; he was 81 years old. William Golding was living in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England, when he died. His wife sadly died two years after his passing.