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Born in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England
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After a while he decied to follow his fathers footstes and began teaching English and philosophy at Salisbury
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He fought in the Royal Navy for about 6 years during World War II. After the war he went back to teaching and writing.
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After 21 rejections he published his most acclaimed novel Lord of the Files
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He won the Nobel Prize for literature when he was 73
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He was awarded knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II.
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He died in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England at the age of 81
