Lesson 1-Thinking as a Hobby . Author Author William Golding Sir William Gerald Golding(September 19, 1911-June 19, 1993) was an English novelist poet and winner of 1983 Nobel Laureate in Literature or his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today. W BT L E To be continued on the next page.W B T L E Lesson 1—Thinking as a Hobby Author William Golding I. Author To be continued on the next page. Sir William Gerald Golding (September 19, 1911—June 19, 1993) was an English novelist, poet and winner of 1983 Nobel Laureate in Literature: “for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today