William Golding (1911–1993)
Autor(a) de O Senhor das Moscas
About the Author
William Golding was born in Cornwall, England on September 19, 1911. Although educated to be a scientist at the request of his father, he developed an interest in literature. At Oxford University, he studied natural science for two years and then transferred to a program for English literature and mostrar mais philosophy. He eventually became a schoolmaster at Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury. During World War II, he joined the Royal Navy and was involved in the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck. After the war, he returned to Bishop Wordsworth's School and taught there until 1962. His first novel, Lord of the Flies, was published in 1954 and was made into a film in 1963. His other novels include The Inheritors, Free Fall, The Spire, The Pyramid, The Paper Men, Close Quarters, and Fire down Below. He won the Booker Prize for Rites of Passage in 1980 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983. He also wrote plays, essays, and short stories. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1988. He died on June 19, 1993. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras de William Golding
Lord of the Flies: Golding William 219 cópias
Lord of the Flies - Casebook Edition: Text, Notes & Criticism — Autor — 11 cópias
Lord of the Flies / The Pyramid 3 cópias
The Lord of the Flies 2 cópias
Miss Pulkinhorn 1 exemplar(es)
Kâğıt Adamlar 1 exemplar(es)
Rare Antique A Moving Target William Golding Nobel Prize 1st Edition First Printing Essays [Hardcover] William Golding 1 exemplar(es)
WIDEVIEW/PERIGEE BOOKS 1 exemplar(es)
Señor de las moscas 1 exemplar(es)
lord of the flies volume 1 1 exemplar(es)
lord of the flies volume 2 1 exemplar(es)
Vidna tema 1 exemplar(es)
Poems 1 exemplar(es)
Autores Modernos, Novelas 1 exemplar(es)
The Art of the Critic: Literary Theory and Criticism from the Greeks to the Present (Vol. 2 Early Renaissance) (1986) 1 exemplar(es)
Alexander Pushkin (Modern Critical Views) 1 exemplar(es)
O Deus das Moscas — Autor — 1 exemplar(es)
Lord of the Flies (Faber Educational Edition) by Golding. William ( 2012 ) Paperback (2012) 1 exemplar(es)
Lord of the Flies (Teacher Guide Grades 9-12) 1 exemplar(es)
Clonk! Clonk! 1 exemplar(es)
1983 1 exemplar(es)
Lord of the flies : notes 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 3: From Heart of Darkness to Hemingway to Infinite Jest (2013) — Contribuinte — 146 cópias
Deep Blue: Stories of Shipwreck, Sunken Treasure, and Survival (Adrenaline) (2001) — Contribuinte — 29 cópias
The Art of the Critic: Literary Theory and Criticism from the Greeks to the Present (10-Volume Set) (1985) 3 cópias
Antaeus No. 35, Autumn 1979 — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Golding, Sir William Gerald
- Data de nascimento
- 1911-09-19
- Data de falecimento
- 1993-06-19
- Local de enterro
- Bowerchalke Village Churchyard, Bowerchalke, England, UK
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- País (para mapa)
- England, UK
- Local de nascimento
- Newquay, Cornwall, England, UK
- Local de falecimento
- Perranarworthal, England, UK
- Causa da morte
- heart failure
- Locais de residência
- Newquay, Cornwall, England, UK (birth)
Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, UK
Bowerchalke, Wiltshire, England, UK
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
Perranarworthal, England, UK (death) - Educação
- Oxford University (BA|1934 - Brasenose College)
Marlborough Grammar School - Ocupação
- novelist
teacher
sailor - Relacionamentos
- Golding, Alec (father)
Golding, Joseph (brother)
Curnoe, Mildred (mother)
Brookfield, Ann (wife)
Golding, Judith (daughter)
Golding, David (son) (mostrar todas 7)
Lovelock, James (friend and neighbour) - Organizações
- Royal Navy (WWII)
Bishop Wordsworth's School - Premiações
- Nobelprijs voor Literatuur (1983)
Royal Society of Literature Companion of Literature
Order of the British Empire ( [1965])
Knight Bachelor (1988)
Membros
Discussions
BRITISH AUTHOR CHALLENGE - OCTOBER 2016 - ATKINSON & GOLDING em 75 Books Challenge for 2016 (Outubro 2016)
British children abandoned on a deserted island - Fiction - forty or fifty years ago em Name that Book (Fevereiro 2014)
Happy 100th to The Lord of the Fly in the Ointment, Sir William Golding em Nobel Laureates in Literature (Março 2013)
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