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William Golding died in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England. His cause of death was congestive heart failure at the age of 81English novelist who in 1983 won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his parables of the human condition. He attracted a cult of followers, especially among the youth of the post-World War II generation.
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In the summer of 1988, William Golding was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. He was the age of 78 when this happened. was among several hundred of the monarch's subjects who were rewarded for notable contributions to public life, from treating the injured at an IRA bombing in Enniskillen.
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n 1983, at the age of 73, Golding won the Nobel Peace Prize for Literature. This showed just how influential his novel wasfor 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
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After 21 rejections, Golding got his first and most criticallly acclaimed book, "Lord of the Flies" published. His book was full of symbolism and still is taught in classrooms around the world today.The book begins with the boys arriving on the island after their plane has been shot down during what seems to be part of a nuclear World War II
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After Golding bravely served throughout World War II, he went back to his profession of teaching. He finally went back to his other calling and he also started to write again witch he loved also .
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After five years of teaching, Golding joined the Royal Navy to fight in World War II. He spent six years fighting in this war and figured out one of his callings. He rose to the rank of Lieutenant in those years.
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William Golding started teaching English and Philosphy at Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury. He was very passionate about his job.
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William Golding went to Brasenose College at Oxford in 1930. He studied science which was against what his father believed in. He then switched to the literature program.
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William Golding was born in September 19, 1911, in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall England. He was raised in a 14th-century house next door to a graveyard. His mother, Mildred, was an active suffragette who fought for women’s right to vote. His father, Alex, worked as a schoolmaster. William was educated at the school his father ran, Marlborough Grammar School. When he went to primary school, William attended Brasenose College at Oxford University.