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September 19, 1911, Newquay, United Kingdom
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When William was just 12 years old, he attempted, unsuccessfully, to write a novel. A frustrated child, he found an outlet in bullying his peers.
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In 1935 Golding took a position teaching English and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury.
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In 1945, after World War II had ended, Golding went back to teaching and writing.
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Golding wrote Lord of the Flies in 1954, less than a decade after World War II, when the world was in the midst of the Cold War
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In 1963, the year after Golding retired from teaching, Peter Brook made a film adaptation of the critically acclaimed novel.
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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 1990 a new film version of the Lord of the Flies was released, bringing the book to the attention of a new generation of readers.
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On June 19, 1993, Golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall. After Golding died, his completed manuscript for The Double Tongue was published posthumously.