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William Golding was born in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. He died in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England.
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He graduated Brasenose College at Oxford University.
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This was called Poetry and was overlooked by critics.
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He followed his father's foot steps at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury.
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He worked in a small theater in an indigent part of London. His main source of income was social work.
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The five years he spent in the Navy exposed him to the cruelty of war, and people.
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Began teaching and writing again.
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He published this well know book despite 21 rejections.
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He retired from teaching.
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Peter Brook made a film based on the novel.
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Golding was 73 when he was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature.
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England’s Queen Elizabeth II knighted Golding.
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In 1990 a new movie of the Lord of the Flies was released. This allowed new generations to enjoy this piece of literature.