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Sir William Gerald Golding CBE FRSL (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet. Best known for his debut novel Lord of the Flies (1954), he published another twelve volumes of fiction in his lifetime.
Published in 1954, Lord of the Flies was Golding's first novel. Golding got the idea for the plot from The Coral Island, a children's adventure novel with a focus on Christianity and the supposed civilising influence of British colonialism. Golding thought that the book was unrealistic, and asked his wife if it would be a good idea if he "wrote ...
William A. Goldring (born 1942/1943) is an American billionaire businessman, chairman of the Sazerac Company, a diverse spirits company in the US, and head of the family that owns the company. Early life
Prince William is a royal — but he’s also just a dad trying to get his kids to share what they did at school on any given day.. The Prince of Wales, 42, visited Liverpool on Jan. 23 and spoke ...
William and Kate will retain Kensington Palace’s Apartment 1A, which was refurbished with £4.5 million of taxpayers’ money in 2013, as their official residence and their working base, which ...
Henry Golding and his wife Liv Lo announced the arrival of their second daughter, a month after she was born in September. The "Crazy Rich Asians" star and the wellness personality announced the ...
William Goldman (August 12, 1931 – November 16, 2018) was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He first came to prominence in the 1950s as a novelist before turning to screenwriting. He first came to prominence in the 1950s as a novelist before turning to screenwriting.
Darkness Visible is a 1979 novel by British author William Golding. The book won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. [2] The title comes from Paradise Lost, from the line, "No light, but rather darkness visible". [3] The novel narrates a struggle between good and evil, using naïveté, sexuality and spirituality throughout.