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William Golding. Biographical. 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.
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Mar 31, 2020 · Known For: Author of Lord of the Flies. Born: September 19, 1911 in Newquay, Cornwall, England. Parents: Alec and Mildred Golding. Died: June 19, 1993 in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England. Education: Brasenose College, Oxford University. Spouse: Ann Brookfield. Children: David and Judith Golding.
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. Though Golding does not seem to belong to any particular “school” or movement of fiction writers who wrote at the height of Cold War and its aftermath per se, he is a staple in high ...
Jun 19, 1993 · William Golding. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1983. Born: 19 September 1911, St. Columb Minor, United Kingdom. Died: 19 June 1993, Perranarworthal, United Kingdom. Residence at the time of the award: United Kingdom. Prize motivation: “for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of ...
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. He was awarded the Booker Prize in 1980 and…
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.
