William Golding was born in Newquay, United Kingdom on September 19, 1911 and was an only child. Growing up Golding’s father had a lot of influence over, like how Golding had to attend “...the school where his father taught” (Kelly, Maureen). So, for a good portion of Golding's life Golding had to listen to his father ideals and beliefs about rationalism. Yet, when Golding had finished high school and was going to college he no longer had to be at a school where his father taught. The college that Golding went to was Brasenose college in Oxford in 1930 and he graduated in 1935 with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a diploma in education. Now freshly out of college Golding started working as a writer, actor and producer. Being a producer
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Yet, even with all these failures this novel won both the Nobel Prize in Literature for having the most outstanding work in 1983 and the Booker Prize for best original novel in English published in the U.K. in 1980. Then in 1955 Golding published his second novel The Inheritors, which is about a Neanderthal man facing hardships, but this novel did not do as swell as Lord of the Flies. In 1961 Golding quit his teaching job in order to start writing full time also, in that same year Golding got married to Ann Brookfield and had two children named Judith and David. By 1964 Golding had completed another novel called The Spire and this book was about the difficulties and affects of building a spire on a building. Another novel Golding published after twelve years of silence was Darkness Visible, which came out in 1979 and was about the darkness of World War Two, also this novel won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. With all these novels by William Golding and his other feats he was knighted by the Queen in 1988. 5 years later on June 19th, 1993 in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England William Golding drew his last breath peacefully at the age of
Yet, even with all these failures this novel won both the Nobel Prize in Literature for having the most outstanding work in 1983 and the Booker Prize for best original novel in English published in the U.K. in 1980. Then in 1955 Golding published his second novel The Inheritors, which is about a Neanderthal man facing hardships, but this novel did not do as swell as Lord of the Flies. In 1961 Golding quit his teaching job in order to start writing full time also, in that same year Golding got married to Ann Brookfield and had two children named Judith and David. By 1964 Golding had completed another novel called The Spire and this book was about the difficulties and affects of building a spire on a building. Another novel Golding published after twelve years of silence was Darkness Visible, which came out in 1979 and was about the darkness of World War Two, also this novel won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. With all these novels by William Golding and his other feats he was knighted by the Queen in 1988. 5 years later on June 19th, 1993 in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England William Golding drew his last breath peacefully at the age of