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William Golding was born on September 19,1911. He was born in Cornwall, England.
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When he was 12, he had tried to write his own novel, and he did not succeed. This lead him to being a very angry child and bullying other kids.(Date unspecific)
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He decided to follow his fathers beliefs and went on to study science. Afterwards he decided to switch to literature after 3 years. (date unspecific)
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Before he had finished college, he wrote a collection of poems. It was, again, not very successful.
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He was in the navy for 5 years. It had helped influenced his book because he had learned about human cruelty.
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After 21 tries he had finally gotten his first novel 'Lord Of The Flies' published. It was a classic novel that was made into a movie in 1963. Then again in 1990.
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He had won the 1983 Nobel Prize for literature. Later on he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1988.
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William Golding had passed away because of a heart attack, in Perranarworthal, Cornwall.
