Sir William Gerald Golding, (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet.
In 1930 Golding went to Brasenose College, Oxford, where he read Natural Sciences for two years before transferring to English for his final two years.
degree with Second Class Honours in the summer of 1934, and later that year a book of his Poems was published by Macmillan & Co, with the help of his Oxford friend, the anthroposophist Adam Bittleston. He was a schoolmaster teaching English and music at Maidstone Grammar School 1938 - 1940, before moving to Bishop Wordsworth's School, Salisbury, in April 1940.
degree with Second Class Honours in the summer of 1934, and later that year a book of his Poems was published by Macmillan & Co, with the help of his Oxford friend, the anthroposophist Adam Bittleston. He was a schoolmaster teaching English and music at Maidstone Grammar School 1938 - 1940, before moving to Bishop Wordsworth's School, Salisbury, in April 1940.
However, he broke off the engagement and married Ann Brookfield, an analytical chemist, on 30 September 1939.
degree with Second Class Honours in the summer of 1934, and later that year a book of his Poems was published by Macmillan & Co, with the help of his Oxford friend, the anthroposophist Adam Bittleston. He was a schoolmaster teaching English and music at Maidstone Grammar School 1938 - 1940, before moving to Bishop Wordsworth's School, Salisbury, in April 1940.
There he taught English, Philosophy, Greek, and drama until joining the navy on the 18th December 1940, reporting for duty at HMS Raleigh.
They had two children, David (born September, 1940) and Judith (born July, 1945). ===War service=== During World War II, Golding joined the Royal Navy in 1940.
He was also in action at Walcheren in October and November 1944, during which time 20 out of 27 assault craft that went into the attack were sunk. ===Death=== In 1985, Golding and his wife moved to a house called Tullimaar in Perranarworthal, near Truro, Cornwall.
In 2008, The Times ranked Golding third on their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". ==Biography== ===Early life=== William Golding was born in his maternal grandmother's house, 47 Mount Wise, Newquay, Cornwall.
He returned in 1945 and taught the same subjects until 1961. Golding kept a personal journal for over 22 years from 1971 until the night before his death, and which contained approximately 2.4 million words in total.
They had two children, David (born September, 1940) and Judith (born July, 1945). ===War service=== During World War II, Golding joined the Royal Navy in 1940.
His body was buried in the parish churchyard of Bowerchalke near his former home and the Wiltshire county border with Hampshire and Dorset. On his death he left the draft of a novel, The Double Tongue, set in ancient Delphi, which was published posthumously in 1995. ==Career== ===Writing success=== Whilst still a teacher at Bishop Wordsworth's School, in 1951 Golding began writing a manuscript of the novel initially titled Strangers from Within.
In September 1953, after rejections from seven other publishers, Golding sent a manuscript to Faber and Faber and was initially rejected by their reader, Jan Perkins, who labelled it as "Rubbish & dull.
Monteith asked for some changes to the text and the novel was published in September 1954 as Lord of the Flies. After moving in 1958 from Salisbury to nearby Bowerchalke, he met his fellow villager and walking companion James Lovelock.
His 1956 novel Pincher Martin records the thoughts of a drowning sailor.
The last of these, originally published in 1956, was reworked by Golding into a play, The Brass Butterfly, in 1958.
Monteith asked for some changes to the text and the novel was published in September 1954 as Lord of the Flies. After moving in 1958 from Salisbury to nearby Bowerchalke, he met his fellow villager and walking companion James Lovelock.
The last of these, originally published in 1956, was reworked by Golding into a play, The Brass Butterfly, in 1958.
271–274. ==External links== BBC television interview from 1959 Interview by Mary Lynn Scott – Universal Pessimist, Cosmic Optimist William Golding Ltd Official Website. Last Words An account of Golding's last evening by D.
He returned in 1945 and taught the same subjects until 1961. Golding kept a personal journal for over 22 years from 1971 until the night before his death, and which contained approximately 2.4 million words in total.
His publishing success made it possible for Golding to resign his teaching post at Bishop Wordsworth's School in 1961, and he spent that academic year in the United States as writer-in-residence at Hollins College (now Hollins University), near Roanoke, Virginia. Golding won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Darkness Visible in 1979, and the Booker Prize for Rites of Passage in 1980.
In September 1993, only a few months after his unexpected death, the First International William Golding Conference was held in France, where Golding's presence had been promised and was eagerly expected. ===Fiction=== His first novel, Lord of the Flies (1954; film, 1963 and 1990; play, adapted by Nigel Williams, 1995), describes a group of boys stranded on a tropical island descending into a lawless and increasingly wild existence before being rescued.
The novel explores ideas of sexual lust, religious fervour and delusion, and the power of the Church in Medieval England, with the titular spire symbolizing both spiritual aspiration and worldly vanity. Golding's 1967 novel The Pyramid consists of three linked stories with a shared setting in a small English town based partly on Marlborough where Golding grew up.
He returned in 1945 and taught the same subjects until 1961. Golding kept a personal journal for over 22 years from 1971 until the night before his death, and which contained approximately 2.4 million words in total.
From 1971 to 1979 Golding published no novels.
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 1974.
His publishing success made it possible for Golding to resign his teaching post at Bishop Wordsworth's School in 1961, and he spent that academic year in the United States as writer-in-residence at Hollins College (now Hollins University), near Roanoke, Virginia. Golding won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Darkness Visible in 1979, and the Booker Prize for Rites of Passage in 1980.
From 1971 to 1979 Golding published no novels.
In 1980, 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.
His publishing success made it possible for Golding to resign his teaching post at Bishop Wordsworth's School in 1961, and he spent that academic year in the United States as writer-in-residence at Hollins College (now Hollins University), near Roanoke, Virginia. Golding won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Darkness Visible in 1979, and the Booker Prize for Rites of Passage in 1980.
In 1980, Golding published Rites of Passage, the first of his novels about a voyage to Australia in the early nineteenth century.
The novel won the Booker Prize in 1980 and Golding followed this success with Close Quarters (1987) and Fire Down Below (1989) to complete his 'sea trilogy', later published as one volume entitled To the Ends of the Earth.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983. As a result of his contributions to literature, Golding was knighted in 1988.
In 1983 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, and was according to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography "an unexpected and even contentious choice". In 1988 Golding was appointed a Knight Bachelor.
In 1984 he published The Paper Men: an account of the struggles between a novelist and his would-be biographer. The novel Lord of the Flies is arguably Golding's most famous book.
2nd Revised Edition, Faber & Faber, 1984.
He was also in action at Walcheren in October and November 1944, during which time 20 out of 27 assault craft that went into the attack were sunk. ===Death=== In 1985, Golding and his wife moved to a house called Tullimaar in Perranarworthal, near Truro, Cornwall.
Basil Blackwell Publisher Ltd, Oxford, 1985.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983. As a result of his contributions to literature, Golding was knighted in 1988.
In 1983 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, and was according to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography "an unexpected and even contentious choice". In 1988 Golding was appointed a Knight Bachelor.
In September 1993, only a few months after his unexpected death, the First International William Golding Conference was held in France, where Golding's presence had been promised and was eagerly expected. ===Fiction=== His first novel, Lord of the Flies (1954; film, 1963 and 1990; play, adapted by Nigel Williams, 1995), describes a group of boys stranded on a tropical island descending into a lawless and increasingly wild existence before being rescued.
The Modern Allegories of William Golding (University of South Florida Press, 1990).
Sir William Gerald Golding, (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet.
He died of heart failure eight years later on 19 June 1993.
In September 1993, only a few months after his unexpected death, the First International William Golding Conference was held in France, where Golding's presence had been promised and was eagerly expected. ===Fiction=== His first novel, Lord of the Flies (1954; film, 1963 and 1990; play, adapted by Nigel Williams, 1995), describes a group of boys stranded on a tropical island descending into a lawless and increasingly wild existence before being rescued.
Grogan, William Golding: A Bibliography, London, André Deutsch, 1994.
His body was buried in the parish churchyard of Bowerchalke near his former home and the Wiltshire county border with Hampshire and Dorset. On his death he left the draft of a novel, The Double Tongue, set in ancient Delphi, which was published posthumously in 1995. ==Career== ===Writing success=== Whilst still a teacher at Bishop Wordsworth's School, in 1951 Golding began writing a manuscript of the novel initially titled Strangers from Within.
In September 1993, only a few months after his unexpected death, the First International William Golding Conference was held in France, where Golding's presence had been promised and was eagerly expected. ===Fiction=== His first novel, Lord of the Flies (1954; film, 1963 and 1990; play, adapted by Nigel Williams, 1995), describes a group of boys stranded on a tropical island descending into a lawless and increasingly wild existence before being rescued.
Edinburgh University Press, 2000. Tiger, Virginia.
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 2003.
2nd Edition, Northcote House Publishers Ltd, 2006.
In 2008, The Times ranked Golding third on their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". ==Biography== ===Early life=== William Golding was born in his maternal grandmother's house, 47 Mount Wise, Newquay, Cornwall.
Though Golding had not written the journals specifically so that a biography could be written about him, Carey published William Golding: The Man Who Wrote Lord of the Flies in 2009. ===Marriage and family=== Golding was engaged to Molly Evans, a woman from Marlborough, who was well liked by both of his parents.
Faber & Faber, 2012.
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