william golding by jackie lockett. william golding was born on september 19 th, 1911. born in...
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WILL
IAM
GOLDIN
G
B Y JA
CK
I E L
OC
KE T T
William Golding was born on September 19th, 1911.
Born in Marlborough, Wiltshire.
His father was a schoolmaster and his mother was a suffragette.
His parents expected him to be a scientist but he revolted.
Goldin
g had
bee
n writ
ing
stor
ies
since
he
was
only
seve
n yea
rs o
ld, a
nd eve
n
atte
mpte
d to w
rite
a nov
el
when
he
was
12. H
is
favo
rite
auth
ors
incl
uded H
.
G. Wel
ls,
Jule
s Ver
ne, a
nd
Edgar
Ric
e Burr
oughs.
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Brase
nose
Colle
ge
He att
ended colle
ge at M
arlboro
ugh gra
mm
ar
school a
nd Bra
senose
colle
ge of O
xford
.
At 22 years old, a year before getting his degree in
English, Golding’s first literary work was published. It
was a collection of poetry titled “Poems”. He admitted
it was not his most interesting work and even
considered it “an embarrassment”. “The sea is roaring in my blood,Crooning a wild tune.I can no more say 'nay' to herThan a child to the witches rune-I can no more say 'nay' to herThan the tide to the master-moon.”
Excerpt of “Mazed with Breakers”
Goldin
g gra
duated
from
Brase
nose
in 1
935 and b
ecam
e
a sc
hoolm
aste
r in S
alis
bury,
Wilt
shire
. Fiv
e ye
ars
late
r his
teac
hing c
aree
r was
inte
rrupte
d by
the
outb
reak
of
Wor
ld W
ar II
. He
serv
ed a
ctiv
e
duty in
the
Britis
h Roy
al N
avy.
While
at s
ea h
e sp
ent m
uch o
f
his ti
me
read
ing b
ooks
on
Greek
his
tory
and m
ythol
ogy.
William Golding married Ann Brookfield and they had two children together.
He returned to Bishop Wordsworth’s School in 1945 to continue teaching. He tried to keep his writing career alive and wrote three novels, all of which went unpublished. He was frustrated until 1954 when, after being rejected by 21 publishers, Faber & Faber accepted his book.
Originally, “Lord of the Flies” was thought of as just another adventure book by it’s critics. Eventually they recognized student’s interest in the book and began giving in scholarly reviews. He is Considered one of the late twentieth century’s most distinguished writers mainly because of this book.
After writing “Lord of the Flies”, Golding went on to write ten more novels in addition to essays, short plays, and even a travel book.
A runnin
g them
e in
man
y of
his
fict
ional
novel
s in
clude
sava
gery
and p
rimiti
ve n
ature
in m
en.
The End.