Background william golding biography book review

William Golding started teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury in He temporarily left teaching in to join the Royal Navy. In he published his first novel, Lord of the Flies.

William golding childhood experiences and early life

In , he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. On June 19, , he died in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England. He was raised in a 14th-century house next door to a graveyard. His father, Alex, worked as a schoolmaster. William received his early education at the school his father ran, Marlborough Grammar School. When William was just 12 years old, he attempted, unsuccessfully, to write a novel.

A frustrated child, he found an outlet in bullying his peers. His father hoped he would become a scientist, but William opted to study English literature instead.