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William Golding was born September 19, 1911, in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England.
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William received his early education at the school his father ran, which is called Marlborough Grammar School.
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His father hope that William would become a scientist, but William opted to study English literature instead. In 1934, a year before william graduated, William published his first work, a book of poetry aptly entitled Poems.
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In 1935 Golding took a position teaching English and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury. Golding’s experience teaching unruly young boys .
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The Times included him in the list of ‘The 50 Greatest British Writers since 1945’.
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In 1954, Golding published his first and most acclaimed novel, Lord of the Flies. This book was rejected 21 times.The novel told the gripping story of a group of adolescent boys stranded on a deserted island after a plane wreck.
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In 1963, the year after Golding retired from teaching, Peter Brook made a film adaptation of "The Lord of the Flies."
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Two decades later, at the age of 73, Golding was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature.
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In 1988 he was knighted by England’s Queen Elizabeth II.
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Golding died of a heart attack on June 19, 1993 in Perranarworthal, Cornwall. He have two children, David and Judit. He spend his last few years with his wife Ann Brookfield.
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