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William Goldberg was born in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England.
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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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In 1939, Golding began teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury at Bishop Wordsworth's School. That same year, he married Ann Brookfield, with whom he had two children.
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In 1935 he started teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury.
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He temporarily left teaching in 1940 to join the Royal Navy.
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In 1954 he published his first novel, Lord of the Flies.
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he remained in the teaching position until 1961 when he left Bishop Wordsworth's School to write full time.
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In 1983, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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On June 19, 1993, he died in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England.
