William Golding, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Golding

British novelist, poet, playwright and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate

Date of Birth: 19-Sep-1911

Place of Birth: St Columb Minor, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 19-Jun-1993

Profession: screenwriter, writer, poet, novelist, science fiction writer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Sir William Gerald Golding, (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet.
Best known for his debut novel Lord of the Flies (1954), he would go on to publish another eleven novels 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 Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983. As a result of his contributions to literature, Golding was knighted in 1988.
He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
In 2008, The Times ranked Golding third on their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".