William Golding

William Golding, born 1911 died 1993. William wrote 12 different novels several plays essays and reports on other things in his life time being the amazing writer he was. He wrote and got his first work published at the age of 23.

Life in writing
William Golding produced his first piece of literature "Poems" in 1934 when he was 23. Poems was simply a book of poems that he had created. His second work of art was a stage play that he produced in 1958. Between 1954 and 1989 Golding produced 12 novels. The first novel was "Lord of the flies" being turned down by multiple different publishers Golding finally got approved by a publisher at one of the companies that turned him down. The publisher loved the sound of it and just wanted to change a few things about the story. Three of the 12 novels Golding wrote were nonfiction. Lord of the flies was the most popular of all of goldings novels.

Early Life
William Golding was born on September 19, 1911, in Cornwall, England, to Mildred and Alex Golding. He lived in a house next to a graveyard. His mother fought for womens' rights and his father was a teacher.

Golding attempted to write a novel at 12 and failed. He was a self-described bully, and he "enjoyed hurting people". After Grammar School, he attended Oxford University. He published his first book, Poems, a year before his graduation.

Career
After graduation, Golding worked at theaters for a few years, then decided to work as a teacher. Teaching chaotic little kids served as an inspiration to write Lord Of The Flies.

In 1940, Golding joined the Royal Navy, and spent six years there on destroyer ships and was part of the sinking of the Bismarck. Golding cited World War Two as a life-changing experience, [http://www.biography.com/people/william-golding-9314523#royal-navy&awesm=~oCVzETdT3enQvV “I began to see what people were capable of doing. Anyone who moved through those years without understanding that man produces evil as a bee produces honey, must have been blind or wrong in the head.”] These experiences, like teaching, would act as influences on his fiction.

Lord Of The Flies
Golding published Lord Of The Flies in 1954. It is considered a classic and is read in classrooms everywhere, including Sioux Falls, SD. In 1963, the novel was adapted into a film by Peter Brook. Golding won the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature at 73. Five years later, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

Death
William Golding lived most of his final years with his wife, still writing. On June 19, 1993, Golding died of a heart attack in Cornwall.