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William Golding was born September 19, 1911, in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England.
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When William was just 12 years old, tried to write a novel. A frustrated child, he found an outlet in bullying his peers. Later in life, William would describe his childhood self as a brat, even going so far as to say, “I enjoyed hurting people.”
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In 1934, a year before he graduated, William published his first work, a book of poetry aptly entitled Poems. The collection was largely overlooked by critics.
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In 1935 he started teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury
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In 1935, he graduated from Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a diploma in education.
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From 1935 to 1939, Golding worked as a writer, actor, and producer with a small theater in an unfashionable part of London, paying his bills with a job as a social worker.
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He temporarily left teaching in 1940 to join the Royal Navy. The five years Golding spent in the navy (from 1940 to 1945) made an enormous impact, exposing him to the incredible cruelty and barbarity of which humankind is capable.
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In 1954 he published his first novel, Lord of the Flies.
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British Novelist William Golding wrote Lord of the flies was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature.
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On June 19, 1993, Golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall.