William Golding

Birth : 1911-09-19, St Columb Minor, Cornwall, England, UK

Death : 1993-06-19

History

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Sir William Gerald Golding (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, poet, playwright and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate, best known for his novel Lord of the Flies. He was also awarded the Booker Prize for literature in 1980 for his novel Rites of Passage, the first book of the trilogy To the Ends of the Earth. In 2008, The Times ranked Golding third on their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". Description above from the Wikipedia article William Gerald Golding, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies

Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies
Novel
When their plane crashes, 25 schoolboys find themselves trapped on a tropical island, miles from civilization.
The South Bank Show: William Golding
The South Bank Show: William Golding
Interviewee
Interview with the British author, William Golding.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies
Author
Amidst a nuclear war, a plane carrying a group of schoolboys crash lands on a deserted island. With no adult survivors, the boys are forced to fend for themselves. At first they cooperate, but when they split into two separate camps -- one led by the pragmatic Ralph and the other by militaristic Jack -- their society falls into disarray, leading to a disturbing examination of human nature and a chilling conclusion.
The Lord of the Flies
The Lord of the Flies
Novel
A group of school boys stranded on a deserted island who descend into a savage social order.