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  William Golding was born on September 19, 1911, in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England.
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  He attempted to write his first novel when he was only 12 years old
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  Golding worked in settlement houses and the theater for a time. In 1935 Golding took a position teaching English and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury.
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  In 1954, after 21 rejections, Golding published his first and most acclaimed novel, Lord of the Flies.
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  william wrote the book "The inheritors"
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  William wrote the book Pincher Martin
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  William wrote the book Free Fall
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  He recived the Nobel Prize fo Literature in 1983.
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  William died in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England at the age of 92