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William Golding was born in Cornwall, England, in 1911 as a teacher's son. After his graduation from Oxford in science and English in 1935 he joined the Royal Navy and took part in the Second World War.
Golding returned to teaching in 1945 and worked part time in small theatre companies as writer, actor and director.
"Lord Of The Flies", which brought him to international fame, was rejected by several publishers before it came out in 1954.
William Golding was honoured by the Royal Society of Literature with a Fellowship in 1955, he was the winner of the Nobel prize for Literature in 1983 and was knighted in 1988.
He died in 1993.
Although he was primarily a novelist he also wrote short stories, dramas, essays and poetry.
William Golding is best-known for his themes of the struggle between good and evil and was a critic of modern society.
Famous novels: The Inheritors (1955)
Pincher Martin (1956)
Free Fall (1959)
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