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Born
William Golding was born September 19, 1911, in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. -
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Teaching
In 1935 he started teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury. -
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Navy
left teaching in 1940 to join the Royal Navy -
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book
In 1954 he published his first novel, Lord of the Flies. -
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prize
In 1983, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. -
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Died
On June 19, 1993, he died in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England.