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William Golding (1911–1993)

Author of Lord of the Flies

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William Golding was born in Cornwall, England on September 19, 1911. Although educated to be a scientist at the request of his father, he developed an interest in literature. At Oxford University, he studied natural science for two years and then transferred to a program for English literature and philosophy. He eventually became a schoolmaster at Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury. During World War II, he joined the Royal Navy and was involved in the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck. After the war, he returned to Bishop Wordsworth's School and taught there until 1962. His first novel, Lord of the Flies, was published in 1954 and was made into a film in 1963. His other novels include The Inheritors, Free Fall, The Spire, The Pyramid, The Paper Men, Close Quarters, and Fire down Below. He won the Booker Prize for Rites of Passage in 1980 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983. He also wrote plays, essays, and short stories. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1988. He died on June 19, 1993. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Lord of the Flies… (more)

Series

To the Ends of the Earth

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Works by William Golding

Lord of the Flies 47,037 copies, 719 reviews

The Inheritors 1,451 copies, 47 reviews

Rites of Passage 1,178 copies, 26 reviews

The Spire 1,089 copies, 16 reviews

Pincher Martin 862 copies, 22 reviews

Darkness Visible 637 copies, 10 reviews

Free Fall 561 copies, 3 reviews

The Paper Men 433 copies, 4 reviews

Lord of the Flies (Casebook Edition Text Notes and Criticism) 419 copies, 2 reviews

Close Quarters 348 copies, 7 reviews

Fire Down Below 328 copies, 6 reviews

The Pyramid 304 copies, 7 reviews

To the Ends of the Earth: A Sea Trilogy 275 copies, 2 reviews

The Scorpion God: Three Short Novels 269 copies, 8 reviews

The Double Tongue 237 copies, 6 reviews

Sometime, never : three tales of imagination 190 copies, 2 reviews

The Hot Gates 141 copies, 5 reviews

Lord of the Flies: Golding William 140 copies

An Egyptian Journal 116 copies, 1 review

A Moving Target 87 copies, 1 review

William Golding's Lord of the Flies 58 copies, 1 review

Lord of the Flies (Penguin Study Notes) 50 copies

The Brass Butterfly: A Play in Three Acts 43 copies, 2 reviews

Lord of the Flies / Pincher Martin / Rites of Passage (Author) 41 copies, 1 review

William Golding Three Novels: Includes Pincher Martin, Free Fall, the… 37 copies

William Golding: The Man and His Books - A Tribute on His 75th Birthday 16 copies

Kärbeste jumal ; Mereristsed : [romaanid] (Author) 12 copies

Lord of the flies 8 copies

Envoy Extraordinary 8 copies, 2 reviews

American Fiction 1914 to 1945 (Critical Cosmos) 7 copies

Lord of the Flies (Abridged Audio Edition) 7 copies

Elements of Literature: Lord of the Flies 6 copies

Novelas 6 copies

Lord of the Flies. Vokabularien 5 copies

Lord of the flies. The pyramid. Envoy extraordinary 5 copies

Le opere: Il signore delle mosche: Riti di passaggio: Gli uomini di carta 4 copies

X-Kit Literature Series: Lord of the Flies: FET Phase (X-Kit Literature… 4 copies

Novel Ideas Classic: Lord of the Flies: William Golding 3 copies

The Spire / The Pyramid 2 copies

Nobel Lecture : 7 December 1983 2 copies

Lord of the Flies / The Pyramid 2 copies

Talk : Conversations with William Golding. 2 copies

Miss Pulkinhorn 1 copy

A Legyek Ura, A piramis 1 copy

Çocuk Adası 1 copy

Caída inexorable 1 copy

Close Quarters by William Golding (December 24,2013) 1 copy

The Art of the Critic: Literary Theory and Criticism from the Greeks to… 1 copy

WIDEVIEW/PERIGEE BOOKS 1 copy

PERENDIA E MIZAVE 1 copy

Повелитель мух Шпиль; Пирамида : Романы /… 1 copy

Autores Modernos, Novelas 1 copy

lord of the flies volume 2 1 copy

lord of the flies volume 1 1 copy

Lord of the Rings 1 copy

William Golding / The Pyramid First Edition 1967 1 copy

Lord of the Flies (Teacher Guide Grades 9-12) 1 copy

Lord of the Flies Activity Pack 1 copy

Lord of the Flies: Paris the Great, the Complete Works of World Literature… 1 copy

I premi Nobel per la letteratura. Jose ECHEGARAY. 1904. 1 copy

Sobranie sochinenii. Tom 2 (Author) 1 copy

Sobranie sochinenij. Tom 1 (Author) 1 copy

Lord of the Flies, adapted and annotated for schools by G. van Veelo 1 copy

1983 1 copy

Lord of the flies : notes 1 copy

Ruchomy cel 1 copy

Nasljednici 1 copy

Clonk! Clonk! 1 copy

Arieka (DU MONDE ENTIER) 1 copy

Lord of the Flies: Novel-Ties Study Guide 1 copy

Chúa Ruồi 1 copy

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Also by William Golding

The Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories (Contributor) 410 copies, 2 reviews

The Moral Life: An Introductory Reader in Ethics and Literature (Contributor) 165 copies, 2 reviews

The Graphic Canon, Vol. 3: From Heart of Darkness to Hemingway to Infinite… (Contributor) 134 copies, 2 reviews

Lord of the Flies [1963 film] (Original book) 126 copies, 3 reviews

The Norton Book of Travel (Contributor) 108 copies, 1 review

Lord of the Flies [1990 film] (Original novel) 51 copies, 2 reviews

The Genius of the Later English Theater (Contributor) 34 copies

James Joyce's Ulysses (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations) 32 copies

Deep Blue: Stories of Shipwreck, Sunken Treasure, and Survival… (Contributor) 29 copies

Marcel Proust (Bloom's Modern Critical Views) 27 copies

William Shakespeare's King Lear (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations) 17 copies

Nobel Writers on Writing (Contributor) 14 copies

A Hermit Disclosed (Foreword, some editions) 9 copies, 1 review

The Bedside 'Guardian' 30: A Selection from The Guardian,… (Introduction) 9 copies

Thomas Mann (Bloom's Modern Critical Views) (Author) 5 copies

William Golding: Some Critical Considerations (Preface) 4 copies

The Art of the Critic: Literary Theory and Criticism from the Greeks to… 3 copies

James Merrill (Bloom's Modern Critical Views) (Editor) 3 copies

Charles Baudelaire (Bloom's Modern Critical Views) (Editor) 2 copies

Antaeus No. 35, Autumn 1979 (Contributor) 1 copy

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Canonical name

Legal name

Golding, Sir William Gerald

Other names

Date of birth

1911-09-19

Date of death

1993-06-19

Burial location

Bowerchalke Village Churchyard, Bowerchalke, England, UK

Gender

male

Nationality

Country (for map)

Birthplace

Newquay, Cornwall, England, UK

Place of death

Perranarworthal, England, UK

Cause of death

heart failure

Places of residence

Newquay, Cornwall, England, UK (birth)

Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, UK

Bowerchalke, Wiltshire, England, UK

Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK

Perranarworthal, England, UK (death)

Education

Oxford University (BA | 1934 - Brasenose College)

Marlborough Grammar School

Occupations

novelist

teacher

sailor

Relationships

Golding, Alec (father)

Golding, Joseph (brother)

Curnoe, Mildred (mother)

Brookfield, Ann (wife)

Golding, Judith (daughter)

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Agents

Organizations

Royal Navy (WWII)

Awards and honors

Nobel Prize (1983)

Fellow, Royal Society of Literature

Order of the British Empire (1965)

Knight Bachelor (1988)

Booker Prize (1980)

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Short biography

Sir William Gerald Golding CBE (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was an English novelist, playwright, and poet who won a Nobel Prize in Literature, and is best known for his novel Lord of the Flies. He was also awarded the Booker Prize for literature in 1980 for his novel Rites of Passage, the first book in what became his sea trilogy, To the Ends of the Earth.

Golding was knighted by Elizabeth II in 1988.[1][2] He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. In 2008, The Times ranked Golding third on their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".

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