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William was born in Saint Columb Minor. He was raised in a 14th-century house next to a graveyard.
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A year before he graduated, William published his first work. It was a book that had poems written in it
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William took a huge step and became an English teacher and philosopher at Bishop wordswoth's school in salisbury.
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He left teaching for a bit and joined the Royal Navy and fight in world War 11
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Golding published his first and most acclaimed novel called, the Lord of the Files in 1954. It's about a group of boys stranded on a deserted island after a plane wreck.
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In 1983 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.
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On this date Golding had a hard attack and died in Perranarworthal, cornwall. After his death, his manuscript for The Double Tongue was published posthumously.
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In 1945, after world war 11 was over, Golding went back to he past career, teaching and writing.