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Williiam Golding was born on September 9, 1911
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Went to Brasenose College, Oxford where he read Natural Sciences for two years before transferring to English Literature.
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He took his B.A. degree with second class Honors.
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He married Ann Brookfield.
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Goliding had David Golding ,his first child.
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During WWII he joined the Royal Navy.
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He gave to his second child Judith
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Golding published "Lord of the Flies" 1945
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Goling won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1979.
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He won the Booker Prize in 1980.
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Golding moved with his wife to Tulimaar House at Preranarworthal, near Turo.
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Golding died of heart failure.