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william golding was born september 19, 1911, in sain columb minor, wornwall, engliand.
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when william was 12 years old, he attempted, unsuccessfully, to write a novel.
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in 1934, a year before he graduatedd from brasenose college, william published his first work, a book of poetry aptly entitled Poems,
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in 1935william began teaching english and phhilosphy in salisbury. he then temproraryly left in 1940 to jo.n the royal navy
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in 1940,golding abandoned the profession of littature to join the royal navy.
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in 1945, World War 2 ended, Golding went back to teaching and writing.
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in 1954, after 21 rejections, he published his first novel, lord of the flies.
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in 1963, the year after his retirement from teaching, peter brook made a film adaption of the critically acclaimed novel.
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in 1984, golding was awarded the 1983 nobel prize for literature,
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in 1988, golding was knighted by Enland's queen elizabeth ||.
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on june 19th, 1993 he died from a heart attack in parranarworthal, cornwall, England
