William Golding (1911–1993)
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William Golding was born in Cornwall, England on September 19, 1911. Although educated to be a scientist at the request of his father, he developed an interest in literature. At Oxford University, he studied natural science for two years and then transferred to a program for English literature and visa mer philosophy. He eventually became a schoolmaster at Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury. During World War II, he joined the Royal Navy and was involved in the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck. After the war, he returned to Bishop Wordsworth's School and taught there until 1962. His first novel, Lord of the Flies, was published in 1954 and was made into a film in 1963. His other novels include The Inheritors, Free Fall, The Spire, The Pyramid, The Paper Men, Close Quarters, and Fire down Below. He won the Booker Prize for Rites of Passage in 1980 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983. He also wrote plays, essays, and short stories. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1988. He died on June 19, 1993. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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Serier
Verk av William Golding
Lord of the Flies: Golding William 219 exemplar
Lord of the Flies - Casebook Edition: Text, Notes & Criticism — Författare — 11 exemplar
Lord of the Flies / The Pyramid 3 exemplar
The Lord of the Flies 2 exemplar
Miss Pulkinhorn 1 exemplar
Kâğıt Adamlar 1 exemplar
WIDEVIEW/PERIGEE BOOKS 1 exemplar
Señor de las moscas 1 exemplar
lord of the flies volume 1 1 exemplar
lord of the flies volume 2 1 exemplar
Vidna tema 1 exemplar
Poems 1 exemplar
Autores Modernos, Novelas 1 exemplar
The Art of the Critic: Literary Theory and Criticism from the Greeks to the Present (Vol. 2 Early Renaissance) (1986) 1 exemplar
Alexander Pushkin (Modern Critical Views) 1 exemplar
O Deus das Moscas — Författare — 1 exemplar
Lord of the Flies (Faber Educational Edition) by Golding. William ( 2012 ) Paperback (2012) 1 exemplar
Clonk! Clonk! 1 exemplar
1983 1 exemplar
Lord of the flies : notes 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
The Moral Life: An Introductory Reader in Ethics and Literature (1999) — Bidragsgivare — 175 exemplar
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 3: From Heart of Darkness to Hemingway to Infinite Jest (2013) — Bidragsgivare — 146 exemplar
Deep Blue: Stories of Shipwreck, Sunken Treasure, and Survival (Adrenaline) (2001) — Bidragsgivare — 29 exemplar
The Art of the Critic: Literary Theory and Criticism from the Greeks to the Present (10-Volume Set) (1985) 3 exemplar
Antaeus No. 35, Autumn 1979 — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Golding, Sir William Gerald
- Födelsedag
- 1911-09-19
- Avled
- 1993-06-19
- Begravningsplats
- Bowerchalke Village Churchyard, Bowerchalke, England, UK
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Land (för karta)
- England, UK
- Födelseort
- Newquay, Cornwall, England, UK
- Dödsort
- Perranarworthal, England, UK
- Dödsorsak
- heart failure
- Bostadsorter
- Newquay, Cornwall, England, UK (birth)
Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, UK
Bowerchalke, Wiltshire, England, UK
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
Perranarworthal, England, UK (death) - Utbildning
- Oxford University (BA|1934 - Brasenose College)
Marlborough Grammar School - Yrken
- novelist
teacher
sailor - Relationer
- Golding, Alec (father)
Golding, Joseph (brother)
Curnoe, Mildred (mother)
Brookfield, Ann (wife)
Golding, Judith (daughter)
Golding, David (son) (visa alla 7)
Lovelock, James (friend and neighbour) - Organisationer
- Royal Navy (WWII)
Bishop Wordsworth's School - Priser och utmärkelser
- Nobelprijs voor Literatuur (1983)
Royal Society of Literature Companion of Literature
Order of the British Empire ( [1965])
Knight Bachelor (1988)
Medlemmar
Diskussioner
BRITISH AUTHOR CHALLENGE - OCTOBER 2016 - ATKINSON & GOLDING i 75 Books Challenge for 2016 (oktober 2016)
British children abandoned on a deserted island - Fiction - forty or fifty years ago i Name that Book (februari 2014)
Happy 100th to The Lord of the Fly in the Ointment, Sir William Golding i Nobel Laureates in Literature (mars 2013)
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- #244
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- ISBN
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