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Sir William Gerald Golding (September 19, 1911 – June 19, 1993) was a British novelist, poet, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (1983), best known for his work Lord of the Flies. He was also awarded the Booker Prize for literature in 1980, for his novel Rites of Passage the first book of the trilogy To the Ends of the Earth. Golding's fiction captures the human dichotomy between reason and barbarism. Golding demonstrates how both operate in his fiction, cutting through the veneer of human "civilization" to reveal a capacity for violence that is both disturbing, yet all too familiar. Golding strips away the mask to show the ugly truth that modern man would like to ignore, showing us that the human heart still very much needs to change in order to society to avoid the pitfall of violence that continues to plague the world.
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Early life
Golding was born on September 19, 1911, in St. Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. He showed an active interest in writing even as a child. Though his family later moved from Cornwall, he studied the Cornish language as a young man.
His father was a local school master and intellectual, who held radical convictions in politics and a strong faith in science. His mother, Mildred, was a supporter of the Brit
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William Golding
British novelist, poet, and playwright (1911–1993)
Not to be confused with William Goldman.
For other people named William Golding, see William Golding (disambiguation).
Sir William Gerald GoldingCBE FRSL (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet. Best known for his debut novelLord 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.[1][2] He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.[1] In 2008, The Times ranked Golding third on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".[3]
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]Son of Alec Golding, a science master at Marlborough Grammar School (1905 to retirement), and Mildred, née Curnoe,[4] William Golding was born at his maternal grandmother's house, 47 Mount Wise, Newquay,[5]Cornwall.[6] The house was known as Karenza, the Cornish word for love, and he spent many childhood ho