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Golding was born in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England, on September 19th, 1911. His parents were Alec and Mildred Golding, and he had one brother, Joseph.
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In 1930, William Golding attended Brasenose College in Oxford to study science and literature. He graduated in 1935, he graduated from college with a diploma in education and a Bachelor of Arts in English.
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William Golding was teaching English and philosophy in 1939 in Salisbury, England, until 1961, when he quit teaching to write full time.
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In 1940, Golding was momentary with his teaching because he joined the Royal army at age 29. This interfered with his occupation as a professor.
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After being rejected by 21 publishing companies, Golding's "Lord of the Flies" was finally published in 1954. It is one of his most famous works, with a moral of the meaning of civilization and savagery.
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In 1983, William Golding won the Nobel Prize for Literature. He had been awarded with it because of his novels that resembled realistic writing although they had myth to them.
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And on June 19th, 1993, Golding died of heart failure in Cornwall, England. Some of his later works were published after his death.
