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William Golding was born, to a mother that was strong supporter of the British suffrage movement. And to a father that was school teacher and a ardent advocate of rationalism. -
Golding began attending Brasenose College at Oxford in 1930 and spent two years studying science. In his third year, however, he switched to the literature program, following his true interests. Although his ultimate medium was fiction. -
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. -
he spent five years in the Royal Navy during World War II. Eventually coming home to his wife and two children.
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He remained in the teaching position until 1961 when he left Bishop Wordsworth's School to write full time. Which has been his passion since he was a little boy. -
He received the honorary designation Commander of the British Empire (CBE) and was knighted in 1988. His 1980 novel Rites of Passage won the Booker Prize, a prestigious British award.