Find an Author
More Information
William Golding was born on 19 September 1911 in Cornwall,
England. He was educated at Marlborough College Oxford. On leaving he worked in
the theatre both writing and acting. He served with distinction in the Navy
during World War II. He is of course best known for his seminal work Lord of
the Flies, a modern classic which remains as relevant today as it was when
first published. He also won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1983, in 1980
Rites of Passage won the Booker Prize. The author passed away in 1993
If you are looking to buy or sell books then our
rare book dealers section may be of some assistance. |
You may also Like
Anthony Burgess
George Orwell
Kingsley Amis
William Faulkner
|
| Title |
Publisher |
Date |
Notes |
| Poems |
Macmillan |
1934 |
booklet |
| Lord of the Flies |
Faber |
1954 |
Red cloth white lettering |
| The Inheritors |
Faber |
1955 |
|
| Pincher Martin |
Faber |
1955 |
|
| Sometime Never |
Eyre |
1956 |
with John Wyndham &
Mervyn Peake |
| The Brass Butterfly |
Faber |
1958 |
|
| Free Fall |
Faber |
1959 |
|
| The Ladder and the Tree |
Marlborough |
1961 |
Pamphlet |
| The Spire |
Faber |
1964 |
|
| The Hot Gates |
Faber |
1965 |
|
| The Pyramid |
Faber |
1967 |
|
| The Scorpion God |
Faber |
1971 |
|
| Darkness Visible |
Faber |
1979 |
|
| Rites of Passage |
Faber |
1980 |
|
| A Moving Target |
Faber |
1982 |
|
| Nobel Lecture |
6th Chamber |
1983 |
Limited edition |
| The Paper Men |
Faber |
1984 |
|
| An Egyptian Journal |
Faber |
1985 |
|
| Close Quarters |
Faber |
1987 |
|
| Fire Down Below |
Faber |
1989 |
|
| Double Tongue |
Faber |
1995 |
|
|
|
