Birthdate: September 19, 1911
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Newquay
Died: June 19, 1993
Sir William Gerald Golding, a British novelist, playwright, and poet, gained acclaim for his influential debut novel, Lord of the Flies. Over his career, he released twelve fiction volumes and received notable awards such as the Booker Prize for Rites of Passage and the Nobel Prize in Literature. Knighted in 1988 and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Golding was recognized as one of the greatest British writers since 1945 by The Times in 2008.
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