Birth: 1911-09-19
, Newquay
Death: 1993-06-19
, Perranarworthal
Sir William Golding (1911-1993) was an English novelist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983. His most famous work is "Lord of the Flies" (1954), a dystopian novel that explores the nature of evil and the fragility of civilization. Golding wrote other novels that frequently deal with themes of morality, human nature, and the confrontation between order and chaos, often with historical or mythological settings.
