Profession: Nobel Laureate and Novelist
Nationality: 
English
Biography: He is best known for his novel "Lord of the Flies" and for winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983.
Born: September 19, 1911
Birthplace: Newquay, England
Generation: Greatest Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Pig
Star Sign: Virgo
Died: June 19, 1993 (aged 81)
Cause of Death: Heart failure
Married Life
- 1939-09-30 Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding (28) weds analytic chemist Ann Brookfield
Historical Events
- 1954-09-17 "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding is published by Faber and Faber in London
Henri Becquerel
Niels Bohr
Rigoberta Menchú
James Herriot
Thomas Wolfe
V. S. Naipaul