The novel is widely studied in school and earned William Golding the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983. Lord of the Flies was Golding's most famous and enduring achievement.

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 ...

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See the alternate draft and rare manuscripts from Sir William Golding's collection. ... Nobel Prize-winning author Sir William, who died aged 81 at his home in Cornwall in 1993, ...

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.