Biography
Sir William Gerald Golding (September 19, 1911 – June 19, 1993) was a British novelist, poet, playwright and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate, best known for his novel 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.
In 2008, The Times ranked Golding third on their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1911-09-19
Deathday1993-06-19 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceSt Columb Minor, Cornwall, England, UK
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
AwardsKnight Bachelor, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Man Booker Prize, Booker Prize, Nobel Prize in Literature
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