News - Public Lecture on William Golding
University of Exeter press release
An insight to the life of author William Golding will be revealed by his daughter in a lecture at the Tremough campus, Penryn. On Friday 19 October at 4pm Judy Carver will be speaking about her father, William Golding, best known for Lord of the Flies. The lecture is being staged by the University of Exeter's South West Writing Centre and hosted by the Department of English at Tremough.
William Golding was born in Cornwall in 1911. During his long writing career, which began with Lord of the Flies in 1954, he won the Booker Prize and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983. William Golding was knighted in 1988. He retired to Perranarworthal and died in 1993.
Nick Groom, Professor of English at the University of Exeter's Tremough Campus says: "This special evening will explore William Golding's life and works, drawing strongly on his Cornwall connections. We are delighted that his daughter Judy Carver is giving a rare public lecture, and look forward to meeting local admirers of his work, as well as staff and students."
Judy Carver will be speaking at 4pm on Friday 19 October in Lecture Theatre A, Tremough Campus, Penryn. The lecture is free and open to all, but seating is limited. To reserve a place please contact Shelly Windsor at s.l.windsor@exeter.ac.uk
The £100 million Tremough campus is a Combined Universities in Cornwall initiative of which the University of Exeter and University College Falmouth are two of the founding partners. It is funded mainly by the European Union (Objective One), the South West Regional Development Agency, and the Higher Education Funding Council for England, with support from Cornwall County Council. Set in 70 acres of countryside, but close to the waterside towns of Penryn and Falmouth, the campus offers a lively student community. The University of Exeter now offers degrees in Biology, Cornish Studies, English, Geology, Geography, History, Law, Mining Engineering, Politics and Renewable Energy on its Tremough Campus, which has expanded rapidly as part of the Combined Universities in Cornwall initiative.