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William Golding
British novelist, poet, and playwright (1911–1993)
Not to be confused with William Goldman.
For other people named William Golding, see William Golding (disambiguation).
Sir William Gerald GoldingCBE FRSL (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet.
Best known for his debut novelLord of the Flies (1954), he published another twelve volumes of fiction in his lifetime. 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.
He was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Literature.
As a result of his contributions to literature, Golding was knighted in 1988.[1][2] He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.[1] In 2008, The Times ranked Golding third on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".[3]
Biography
Early life
Son of Alec Golding, a science master at Marlborough
