William Golding
William Golding
19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993 · From United Kingdom12
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Sir William Gerald Golding (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, born in Newquay, Cornwall. He went up to Brasenose College, Oxford, to read natural sciences and switched to English literature, then became a schoolmaster, teaching longest at Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbu…
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What is William Golding best known for?
William Golding is most widely recognized for his debut novel, Lord of the Flies, which explores the darker aspects of human nature and the breakdown of civilization among a group of British schoolboys stranded on an uninhabited island.
Did William Golding win any major awards?
Yes. Golding was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983, cited "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". Three years earlier, in 1980, his novel Rites of Passage won the Booker Prize. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1966 and knighted in 1988.
Are there film adaptations of William Golding's books?
Lord of the Flies has been adapted into film multiple times, most notably in 1963 by Peter Brook and again in 1990 by Harry Hook.