Sir William Gerald Golding, (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet. Best known for his debut novel Lord 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. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. In 2008, The Times ranked Golding third on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
William Golding
Author details
- Aliases:
-
Вилијам Голдинг, विलियम गोल्डिंग, ਵਿਲੀਅਮ ਗੋਲਡਿੰਗ, and 40 others
Уільям Голдынг, Vilʹi︠a︡m Golding, William Gerard Golding, Williams Golding, جولدينج، ويليام،, Viljem Golding, غولدنغ، وليام،, ウィリアム ゴールディング, V. Goldings, Viljams Goldings, Голдинг, 윌리엄골딩, ويليام جولدينج،, Уилям Голдинг, וילים ג'רלד גולדינג, Vilijam Golding, ويليام غولدنغ, У Голдинг, 威廉·戈尔丁, ولیم گولڈنگ, Viljamas Goldingas, Вільям Голдінг, Уильям Голдинг, Вільям Ґолдінґ, William Golding, വില്യം ഗോൾഡിംഗ്, ウィリアム・ゴールディング, Վիլյամ Գոլդինգ, William Gerald Golding, ויליאם גולדינג, ウィリアムゴールディング, வில்லியம் கோல்டிங், Uilyam Qoldinq, Golding, Wīliyām Ǧūldinǧ, ولیم گولڈینگ, ویلیام گلدینگ, Ουίλιαμ Γκόλντινγκ, วิลเลียม โกลดิง, Gulielmus Golding - Born:
- Sept. 19, 1911
- Died:
- June 19, 1993
External links
Sir William Gerald Golding, (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet. Best known for his debut novel Lord 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. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. In 2008, The Times ranked Golding third on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
