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William Golding was born on September 19th 1911, he was born in Newquay, New Kingdom. The mother who birthed him was called Mildred Golding. -
When William Golding's childhood 1912-1928 he would have described himself as a brat he liked to bully people. And says he enjoyed hurting people -
After graduating college at Brasenose College, Oxford he started working at a settlement house, and was a teacher. -
in 1939 William Golding got married to Ann Brookfield -
After working in his settlement house for a few years he then went on to join the Royal Navy in 1940 serving for around 7 years -
He published his first book in 1954 called The Lord of the flies. -
In 1983 William Golding won the Nobel Prize for literature -
On June 19th, 1993 Willam Golding passed from from heart failure at the age of 81.