William Golding was born on 19 September 1911 in Newquay. A British novelist, Golding won international fame with his first book, Lord of the Flies, a dark allegory about a group of schoolboys stranded on an island who descend into savagery. Drawing partly on his experience as a naval officer during the Second World War, including the Normandy landings, it reflected his pessimistic view of human nature. His other novels include The Inheritors, Pincher Martin, and Rites of Passage, which won the Booker Prize. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983, and he had earlier worked as a schoolteacher in Salisbury.
Before and after
- 5 July 1911Birth of Georges Pompidou
- 16 July 1911Birth of Ginger Rogers
- 24 July 1911Hiram Bingham reaches Machu Picchu
- 25 August 1911Birth of Võ Nguyên Giáp
- 19 September 1911Birth of William Golding
- 24 September 1911Birth of Konstantin Chernenko
- from 29 September 1911 to 18 October 1912Italo-Turkish War
- from 10 October 1911 to 12 February 1912Xinhai Revolution
- from 10 October 1911 to 1 December 1911Wuchang Uprising
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