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William Golding was born on September 19, 1911, in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. He was raised in a house built in the 1400's right near a graveyard.
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After primary school, William went on to attend Brasenose College at Oxford University. His father hoped he would become a scientist, but William decided to study English instead. In 1934, a year before he graduated, he published his first work, a book of poetry titled Poems.
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Golding beacame a teacher teaching English and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury. Golding’s experience teaching misbehaved young boys would later be an inspiration for his book Lord of the Flies.
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Golding married Ann Brookfield in 1939; their first child, David, was born the following year.
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Golding temporarilygave up the teaching profession to join the Royal Navy and fight in World War II.
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After 21 rejections, Golding published his first and most acclaimed novel, Lord of the Flies. The novel told the story of a group of young boys stranded on a deserted island after a plane wreck.
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Golding retired from teaching, and Peter Brook made a film of the book written by golding. little did they know how big Lord of The Flies would actually be.
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At the age of 73, he was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature.
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On June 19, 1993, he died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall. He was survived by his wife and their two kids, David and Judith. After Golding passed away, his manuscript for The Double Tongue was published.
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