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William Golding was born on September 19, 1911. William was born in Newquay, United Kingdom. His parents were Mildred and Alec Golding. -
When William was just 12 years old he unsuccessfully tried to write a novel. -
William had a wife Ann Brookfield and two kids David born in 1940 and Judith born in 1945. -
William struggled with alcoholism his whole life. -
Lord of the Flies was rejected 21 times before being released it was rejected by every publisher it got sent to. -
William wrote around 32 books in total from 1952 to 1993. -
Lord of the Flies was published on September 17, 1954. What inspired William to write Lord of the Flies was his time as a combat WWII and unruly boys at his school when he was a teacher. -
There is no exact date when William decided to retire from teaching but it was sometime in 1962. -
In 1983 William was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. -
William died on June 19, 1993. He died in Perranrworthal Cornwall. William died from heart failure.