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Sir William Gerald Golding CBE FRSL (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet. Best known for his debut novel Lord of the Flies (1954), he published another twelve volumes of fiction in his lifetime.
Jun 15, 2024 · William Golding (born September 19, 1911, Newquay, Cornwall, England—died June 19, 1993, Perranarworthal, near Falmouth, Cornwall) was an English novelist who in 1983 won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his parables of the human condition.
Apr 2, 2014 · British novelist William Golding wrote the critically acclaimed classic 'Lord of the Flies,' and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983.
William Golding was born in Cornwall in 1911 and was educated at Marlborough Grammar School and at Brasenose College, Oxford. Apart from writing, his past and present occupations include being a schoolmaster, a lecturer, an actor, a sailor, and a musician.
Homepage of William Golding, author of Lord of the Flies.
Jun 19, 1993 · William Golding The Nobel Prize in Literature 1983. Born: 19 September 1911, Newquay, United Kingdom. Died: 19 June 1993, Perranarworthal, United Kingdom.
Jun 19, 1993 · Sir William Gerald Golding was a British novelist, playwright, and poet. Best known for his debut novel Lord of the Flies (1954), he published another twelve volumes of fiction in his lifetime.
Jan 12, 2022 · Sir William Gerard Golding (1911–1993), the writer of Lord of the Flies ( LOTF ), occupies a pivotal position within the post–World War II canon of writers.
Awarded the prestigious Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983, the coveted Booker Prize in 1980, and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1979, William Golding’s writing continues to touch every country in the world and is today read in more than 35 languages.
William Golding was born on September 19, 1911, in Cornwall, England and was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford University. Though he is best known for his novel Lord of the Flies (1954), he first published poetry before turning to novels and plays.
