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William Golding was born in 1911 in Cornwall, England. His birth name was William Gerald Golding.
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Golding was a very bright individual. He attended Oxford University and began in 1930 and finished in 1935.
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Golding married a chemist named Ann Brookfield. They had two children.
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Golding joined the British Navy in 1940. He fought in World War 2, taking part in D-Day.
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After World War 1, Golding had aspirations to become a writer. He was excepted by the publishers Faber & Faber.
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Golding finished the book in 1954. It met wild success and developed Golding as a writer.
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Golding won a Nobel Prize for literature in 1983. He was considered an unusual choice.
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William Golding died on June 19, 1993. He died of heart failure and left a novel called The Double Tongue unfinished.