Basic information:
The author of Lord of the Flies was William Golding, who was an English novelist, a playwright, and a poet. He also won a Nobel Prize in Literature, and he is best known for his novel Lord of the Flies.
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| William Golding's signature |
His family:
In 1939 Golding married Ann Brookfield, an analytic chemist. They had two children, Judith and David.
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| Golding's family on a vacation |
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| William Golding with his daughter, Judith |
His timeline:
- 19/9/1911- He was born in St. Columb Minor, near Newquay in England
- 1935- Golding graduated at Brasenose College in Oxford, after he had been educated at Marlborough Grammar School.
- 1940- He joined the Royal Navy
The Royal Navy
- 1954- He published his first novel- Lord of the Flies
Golding's first novel - 1983- He won a Nobel Prize in Literature
Nobel Foundation cited:
"...his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world today".
- 1988- He was knighted
- 19/6/1993-William Golding died
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