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On September 19, 1911, William Golding was born.
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On September 19, 1911, William Golding was born.
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In 1923, when William was 12 years old, he tried unsuccessfully to publish his first novel. Because he was frustrated, he decided to start bullying kids.
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In 1934, William published his work, which was a book of poetry called Poems. However, this book was highly overlooked by critics. -
In 1935, William Golding began to teach English and philosophy in Salisbury, where he would then teach for 5 years.
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After college, William had to find something to do, so he decided to work in theaters and settlement houses until he figured out what he really wanted to do.
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In 1940, William Golding went to war in the Royal Navy, where he fought many battles in World War II.
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In 1945 after William served in the war, he went right back to teaching and writing, doing what he loved.
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On September 17, 1954, William Golding's first successful book, the Lord of the Flies, was published. This book was banned in some places for being too violent, and it was made because of Williams's past war experiences and bad students in his class.
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On September 9, 1954, William Golding published the Lord of the Flies book. This book was inspired by bad-acting students in his class and his time as a World War II veteran. This book is banned in some places because of its violence.
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In 1963, William Golding retired from a long career.
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In 1983, William Golding won the Nobel Prize for literature because of how mythical and magical his books seemed.
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On June 19, 1993, William Golding died in England.
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On June 19, 1993, William Golding died of a heart attack at the age of 81 in England.
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On Williams's death, he left the draft of a novel called The Double Tongue, which was published posthumously in 1955.