William Golding

1911-93, English novelist

His novels, concerned especially with the dark side of human nature, include:

• the nightmarish Lord of the Flies 1954 which managed to become one of The Most Frequently Banned Books in the 1990s - The Observer 100 Greatest Novels of All Time - Modern Library's 100 Best Books: Fiction
• The Inheritors - 1955
• Envoy Extraordinary (novella) - 1956
• Pincher Martin - 1956
• Free Fall - 1959
• The Spire - 1964
• The Hot Gates (essay) - 1967
• The Pyramid - 1967
• The Scorpion God (novella) - 1971
• Clonk Clonk (novella) - 1971
• Darkness Visible - 1979
• Rites of Passage - 1980 which won the Booker Prize
• Moving Target essay - 1982
• Paper Men 1984
• Close Quartets (Trilogy vol.II) - 1987
• Fire Down Below (Trilogy vol.III) - 1989
• The Double Tongue - 1993

He was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Booker Prize and was knighted.

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Last Updated 04.15.04