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William Golding was born in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England to Mildred and Alex. His mother fought for women’s right to vote and his father worked as a schoolmaster. He received his education at Marlborough Grammar School and showed interest in literature from an early age. (Biography.com)
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He began attending Brasenose College at Oxford and studied science for 2 years. In his third year however he switched to literature following his heart. (Biography.com)
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A year before he graduated, William published his first work, a book of poetry aptly entitled Poems which did not receive much exposure (Biography.com).
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After Golding graduated he worked in settlement houses and the theater for a time. Later he began teaching English and Philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury.
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William Golding graduated from oxford with a Bachelor of Arts in English and diploma in education (Cliffnotes.com).
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He married Ann Brookfield 1939. The couple had two children, David in 1940 and Judith in 1945 (Biography.com).
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William Golding temporarily quit teaching to join the Royal Navy and fight in WWII. During the war he spent much of his time at sea and found a love for sailing. Golding did well in the war and was later even placed in command of a rocket-launching craft, his war days served as a major inspiration for his novel (Biography.com).
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Golding publishes his novel Lord of The flies in 1954 after 21 rejections. The novel has been widely regarded as a classic, worthy of in-depth analysis and discussion in classrooms around the world (Biography.com).
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In 1963, the year after Golding retired from teaching, Peter Brook made a film adaptation of the critically acclaimed novel (Biography.com).
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Golding was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature (Biography.com).
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he was knighted by England’s Queen Elizabeth II (Cliffnotes.com).
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In 1990 a new film version of the Lord of the Flies was released, bringing the book to the attention of a new generation of readers (Biography.com).
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