Lord of the Flies

WilliamGoldingwasborninCornwallin1911andwaseducatedatMarlboroughGrammarSchoolandatBrasenoseCollege,Oxford.Beforehebecameaschoolmasterhewasanactor,alecturer,asmall-boatsailorandamusician.Anowrarevolume,Poems,appearedin1934.In1940hejoinedtheRoyalNavyandsawactionagainstbattleships,submarinesandaircraft.HewaspresentatthesinkingoftheBismarck.HefinishedthewarasaLieutenantincommandofarocketship,whichwasofftheFrenchcoastfortheD-dayinvasion,andlaterattheislandofWelcheren.AfterthewarhereturnedtoBishopWordsworth'sSchoolinSalisburyandwastherewhenhisfirstnovel,LordoftheFlies,waspublishedin1954.Hegaveupteachingin1961.LordoftheFlieswasfilmedbyPeterBrookin1963.Goldinglistedhishobbiesasmusic,chess,sailing,archaeologyandclassicalGreek(whichhetaughthimself).ManyofthesesubjectsappearinhisessaycollectionsTheHotGatesandAMovingTarget.HewontheBookerPrizeforhisnovelRitesofPassagein1980,andwasawardedtheNobelPrizeforLiteraturein1983.Hewasknightedin1988.Hediedathishomeinthesummerof1993.TheDoubleTongue,anovelleftindraftathisdeath,waspublishedinJune1995.-Seemoreat:http://www.faber.co.uk/catalog/author/william-golding#sthash.Hos5xYe4.dpuf