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William Golding was born in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England. His mother was an active suffragette and his father worked as a schoolmaster.
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in 1930, Golding began attending at Brasenose College at Oxford. He studied science until his third year when he switched to the literature program.
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He graduated from Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a diploma in education.
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Golding began teaching English and philosophy in Salsbury and at Bishop Wordsworth School. His teaching experience would serve as inspiration for his novel Lord of the Flies.
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He spent five years in the navy. In his wartime experience during World War II, he began to see the evil in humankind.
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In 1954, Golding published his first and most acclaimed novel, Lord of the Flies. It was his first published novel he wrote after being rejected 21 times. It was about a group of boys who are stranded on a deserted island after a plane wreck.
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In 1963, Director Peter Brook made of a film adaptation of Golding's acclaimed novel. This was a year after Goding quit teaching.
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In 1983, William Golding was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for literature.
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In 1988, Golding was knighted by Queen Elizabeth o9f England. He was among several hundred monarch subjects who were rewarded for notable to public life.
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On June 19, 1993, William Golding dies of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall.
