William Golding

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British writer Nobel laureate in Literature human novelist

William Golding was a British novelist and Nobel Prize laureate best known for his allegorical novel "Lord of the Flies."

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William Golding canonical 6
Golding 2
William Gerald Golding 1

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instanceOf British writer ⓘ
Nobel laureate in Literature ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
awardReceived Booker Prize ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ
BookerPrizeYear 1980 ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1911-09-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1993-06-19 ⓘ
educatedAt Brasenose College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marlborough Grammar School ⓘ
familyName William Golding self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Golding
fieldOfStudy English literature ⓘ
fullName William Golding self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: William Gerald Golding
genre allegorical fiction ⓘ
dystopian fiction ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasSignatureWork Lord of the Flies ⓘ
influenced modern dystopian literature ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
literaryMovement post-war literature ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
NobelPrizeInLiteratureYear 1983 ⓘ
notableWork Close Quarters ⓘ
Darkness Visible ⓘ
Fire Down Below ⓘ
Free Fall ⓘ
Lord of the Flies ⓘ
Pincher Martin ⓘ
Rites of Passage ⓘ
The Inheritors ⓘ
The Spire ⓘ
numberOfChildren 2 ⓘ
occupation novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
schoolteacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Newquay, Cornwall, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England ⓘ
residence Salisbury, Wiltshire, England ⓘ
spouse Ann Brookfield ⓘ
theme civilization versus savagery ⓘ
inherent evil in human nature ⓘ
loss of innocence ⓘ
writingPeriod 1950s–1990s ⓘ

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Faber and Faber → publishedAuthor → William Golding ⓘ
The Viking Press → hasAuthorPublished → William Golding ⓘ
Henry Golding → familyName → William Golding ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golding
Brasenose College, Oxford → hasNotableAlumni → William Golding ⓘ
William Golding → fullName → William Golding self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Gerald Golding
William Golding → familyName → William Golding self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Golding
Lord of the Flies → author → William Golding ⓘ
Farrar, Straus and Giroux → hasPublished → William Golding ⓘ
WH Smith Literary Award → hasWinner → William Golding ⓘ