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Golding, William
(1911-1993) British writer. William Golding is perhaps best known for The Lord of the Flies, a novel about a group of boys who are stranded on an island and establish a society. Golding received the Nobel Prize for Literature, and he also received the Booker Prize for Rites of Passage, the first book in his sea trilogy (To the Ends of the Earth).
William Golding
Willim Golding was an English novelist and poet. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983 for his famous novels, "which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today." His first novel, Lord of the Flies, is a controversial study on humanity.
William Golding's Encomium to Books
He originally delivered this encomium to the book in a lecture in 1976--well before the arrival of laptops, Kindles, e-books, and other competitors to what Golding calls "physical books."
William Golding Quotes
William Golding is one of the most famous (and controversial) writers of his time--perhaps best known for his novel, Lord of the Flies. He...