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  william was born on september 19, 1911 in England.
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  In 1935 he taught English and philosophy in salisbury
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  Published his first novel Lord of the Flies
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  In 1963 the year after Golding retired from teaching. Peter brook made a film adaptation of the critically acclaimked novel. two decades later at the age of 73 he was awarded the 1983 nobel prize for literature
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  Golding published a new version of Lord of the Flies
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  Golding died of a heart attack in perranarworthal ,cornwall
