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William Golding. Sir William Gerald Golding CBE FRSL (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.
Jun 15, 2024 · William Golding (1911–93) was an English novelist who in 1983 won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his parables of the human condition. He attracted a cult of followers, especially among the youth of the post-World War II generation.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1983 was awarded to William Golding "for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today"
Homepage of William Golding, author of Lord of the Flies.
Jun 19, 1993 · William Golding The Nobel Prize in Literature 1983. Born: 19 September 1911, Newquay, United Kingdom. Died: 19 June 1993, Perranarworthal, United Kingdom.
William Golding was born on September 19, 1911, in Cornwall, England. Although he tried to write a novel as early as age twelve, his parents urged him to study the natural sciences. Golding followed his parents’ wishes until his second year at Oxford, when he changed his focus to English literature.
Jun 19, 1993 · Sir William Gerald Golding 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.
William Golding was born on September 19, 1911, in Cornwall, England and was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford University. Though he is best known for his novel Lord of the Flies (1954), he first published poetry before turning to novels and plays.
Sir William Golding (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was an English writer. He was a novelist, poet, playwright, and teacher. He is famous for his novel Lord of the Flies. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983. In 2008, The Times ranked Golding third on its list of "The 50 Greatest British writers since 1945".
1983 Nobel Laureate in Literature. for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today. Sir William Golding, a Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature, at the Nobel Prize Internet Archive.
