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William Golding was born in Cornwall, England to Alec and Mildred Golding. -
At the age of eight, William Golding received a book award for improvement. -
William Golding was brought up to be a scientist, but revolted. After two years at Oxford, he read English literature instead and became devoted to Anglo-Saxon.
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William Golding published a volume of poems in 1935. Taught at Bishop Wordsworth’s School, Salisbury. Joined the Royal Navy in 1940 and spent six years afloat, except for seven months in New York and six months helping Lord Cherwell at the Naval Research Establishment.
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William's wife, Ann Brookfield, an analytical chemist, was the mother of William's only child, Judy Golding.
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After World War 2, William Golding returned to teaching and began to write again. Lord of the Flies, his first novel, was published in 1954.
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In 1983, William Golding was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for his novels, which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art
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William Golding got many awards and became kinda famous, but died June 19, 1993, because of congestive heart failure.