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 published another twelve volumes of fiction 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 1983 Nobel Prize in Literature. 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 its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
William Golding
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ويليام جولدينج،, வில்லியம் கோல்டிங், Ουίλιαμ Γκόλντινγκ, and 39 others
ولیم گولڈینگ, ウィリアム ゴールディング, ウィリアムゴールディング, Wīliyām Ǧūldinǧ, William Gerald Golding, Уилям Голдинг, Уільям Голдынг, ویلیام گلدینگ, William Golding, V. Goldings, विलियम गोल्डिंग, Вилијам Голдинг, ولیم گولڈنگ, Viljem Golding, വില്യം ഗോൾഡിംഗ്, Williams Golding, 윌리엄 골딩, Golding, غولدنغ، وليام،, ウィリアム・ゴールディング, جولدينج، ويليام،, Viljams Goldings, У Голдинг, 威廉·戈尔丁, Вільям Голдінг, Голдинг, Вільям Ґолдінґ, Uilyam Qoldinq, Vilʹi︠a︡m Golding, Վիլյամ Գոլդինգ, Vilijam Golding, William Gerard Golding, Gulielmus Golding, וילים ג'רלד גולדינג, ويليام غولدنغ, Уильям Голдинг, ਵਿਲੀਅਮ ਗੋਲਡਿੰਗ, ויליאם גולדינג, วิลเลียม โกลดิง - Born:
- Sept. 19, 1911
- Died:
- June 19, 1993
