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William Golding was born on September 19, 1911, in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England.
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Golding began attending Brasenose College at Oxford and spent two years studying science, in deference to his father's beliefs. In his third year, however, he switched to the literature program,
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In 1934, a year before he graduated, William published his first work, a book of poetry aptly entitled Poems.
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Golding took a position teaching English and philosophy at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury. Golding’s experience teaching unruly young boys would later serve as inspiration for his novel Lord of the Flies.
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golding abandoned his teaching position during in orderto join the Royal Navy and fight in World War II.
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after 21 rejections, Golding published his first and most acclaimed novel, Lord of the Flies.
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In 1963, the year after Golding retired from teaching, Peter Brook made a film adaptation of the critically acclaimed novel.
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Golding was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature.
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in 1988 he was knighted by England’s Queen Elizabeth II.
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On June 19, 1993, Golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall.