William Golding (1911-1993)

Awarded the Prize “for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art the diversity universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today.”

British novelist. Golding was born in Cornwall, Engl on September 19, 1911. Golding started writing at the age of seven, but following the wishes of his parents, he studied natural sciences English at Brasenose College, Oxford. His first book, a collection of poems, appeared a year before Golding received his B.A. In 1939 he moved to Salisbury, where he began teaching English at Bishop Wordsworth’s School. During World War II he served in the Royal Navy in comm of a rocket ship. Golding died in Perranarworthal on June 19, 1993.
Major Works:
Lord of the Flies (1954); The Inheritors (1955); Rites of Passage (1980)