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William Golding as a child attended his father's school. He had an early interest in writing. He also was a bully and "enjoyed hurting people.". He continued to Oxford where his father hoped he would become a scientist, but instead he studied English Literature. (Biography.com)
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William was born on September 19, 1911 in Cornwall, England (Biography.com).
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His book of poetry was published in 1934, a year before he graduated from Brasenose College at Oxford University. It was his first ever published work, and it was overlooked by critics
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Golding started working as an actor, writer and producer. He managed to pay his bills through being a social worker. (Cliffsnotes.com)
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Golding graduates from Oxford with a Bachelor or Arts in English and with a diploma in education. He eventually begins teaching.
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He marries Ann Brookfield. They have two children together. (Cliffsnotes.com)
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Golding begins to start teaching at Bishop Wordsworth's School. He taught English and Philosophy. His teaching career also had a great impact on his novels and writing (Cliffsnotes.com).
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William Golding joins the Royal Navy to fight in World War II. He spent 6 years in a boat where he grew to love sailing and and the sea. His time in the Navy greatly influenced his writing and was his inspiration.
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William Golding's first and most famous novel, Lord of the Flies, was published after 21 rejections. It was inspired from his time teaching young boys as a schoolteacher, and his time at sea during the Royal Navy.
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1955: The Inheritors
1956: Pincher Martin
1959: Free Fall
1964: The Spire, 1967: The Pyramid,1971: The Scorpion God: Three Short Stories, 1979: Darkness Visible, 1984: The Paper Men
1980-1989: The Sea Trilogy (Cliffsnotes.com).
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Golding wins the Booker Prize, a highly regarded British award. He won this for his 1980 novel, Rites of Passage (Biography.com).
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Golding is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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William Golding dies of a heart attack in Parranarworthal, Cornwall. He was 81. (Biography.com).
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His book, The Double Tongue, was published after he died.
