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He was born in Saint Columb Minor Cornwall, England
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He published his first work a year before he graduated
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He started teaching English and Philosphy at Bishop Wordsworth'sschool in Salisbury
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He abandoned the profession to the Royal Navy and fight in World War II
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He went back to teaching and writing
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He published his first novel called Lord of The F;ies
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he retired from teaching
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He won the Nobel Prize for literature
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He was knighted by England's Queen Elizabeth II
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He died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, cornwall
