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Birth
Born in Cornwall, England as Wiliam Gerald Golding -
Poems is published
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Marraige to Ann Brookfield
Married Ann Brookfield -
Lord of the Flies is published
He originally had it titled 'Strangers from Within'. -
The Inheritors is published
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Pincher Martin is published
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The Brass Butterfly opens in Oxford
This play of his was adapted from his story 'Envoy Extraordinary' -
Free Fall is published
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Lord of the Flies, the film, is released in the USA
This film version was directed by Peter Brook -
The Spire is published
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The Pyramid is published in book form
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The Scorpion God is published
This reprints 'Envoy Extraordinary' and adds two new stories. -
Darkness Visible is published
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Rites of Passage is published
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A Moving Target is published
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William Golding is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
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The Paper Men is published
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An Egyptian Journal is published
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Close Quarters is published
This is a sequal to Rites of Passage. -
William Golding is knighted
He was very happy that it changed his wife's status to 'Lady' Golding. -
Fire Down Below is published
This is the final novel of the Sea Trilogy. -
His Sea Trilogy is compiled into one volume, To the Ends of the Earth
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Sir William Golding dies
