Golding claimed to have craved privacy, but he globe-trotted for decades, gave readings, partied hard, and accepted honorary degrees, the Nobel Prize and knighthood. Hardly reclusive.

A biography of William Golding, whose first novel — “Lord of the Flies” — began as a blessing to its 42-year-old author, but came to seem like a curse overshadowing his other work.

For years, claims have spread across social media that Sir William Gerald Golding — the Nobel Prize-winning writer best known for his 1954 novel "Lord of the Flies" — said he thought it was ...

Nobel Prize-winning author Sir William, who died aged 81 at his home in Cornwall in 1993, had difficulties getting the work about boys competing for survival on an island taken up by publishers.

When Golding was presented with the Nobel Prize in 1983 by the King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf told him: “It is a great pleasure to meet you, Mr Golding. I had to do Lord of the Flies at school ...

The Nobel Prize for Literature 2024 was awarded to Han Kang, ... Britain’s Harold Pinter and William Golding, Ireland’s Samuel Beckett, Canada’s Alice Munro, ...

William Golding: The Man Who Wrote Lord Of The Flies (Omnibus) The life and career of the publicity-shy, Nobel Prize-winning author. Christian Rodska reads John Carey's authorised biography.

The work belonging to Sir William Golding, who won the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature, will be shown at the University of Exeter to mark 70 years since the novel was published.

Nobel Prize-winning author Sir William, who died aged 81 at his home in Cornwall in 1993, had difficulties getting the work about boys competing for survival on an island taken up by publishers.

The work belonging to Sir William Golding, who won the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature, will be shown at the University of Exeter to mark 70 years since the novel was published.