Author
William Golding
September 19, 1911 – June 19, 1993 · United Kingdom
Writer, Poet, Novelist, Screenwriter, Science fiction writer
Titles on list
2
Total weeks
16
Peak rank
#3
Biography
- Born
- September 19, 1911 · Newquay
- Died
- June 19, 1993 · Perranarworthal
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Education
- Brasenose College, University of Oxford, Marlborough Royal Free Grammar School
Awards & Honours
- 1979James Tait Black Memorial Prize
- 1980Booker Prize
- 1983Nobel Prize in Literature
- 1983honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University
- 1988Knight Bachelor
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
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