William golding biography pdf free

British novelist, poet, and playwright (–)

Not to be confused with William Goldman.

For other people named William Golding, see William Golding (disambiguation).

Sir William Gerald GoldingCBE FRSL (19 September – 19 June ) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet.

Best known for his debut novelLord of the Flies (), he published another twelve volumes of fiction in his lifetime.

William golding biography pdf free

In , he was awarded the Booker Prize for Rites of Passage, the first novel in what became his sea trilogy, To the Ends of the Earth. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

As a result of his contributions to literature, Golding was knighted in ^[1][2] He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.^[1] In , The Times ranked Golding third on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since ".^[3]

Biography

Early life

Son of Alec Golding, a science master at Marlborough Grammar School ( to retirement), and Mildr