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He was born in Newquay,United Kingdom
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He studied English and graduated from Brasenose College at Oxford University
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He started teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury.
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A little after he stopped teaching he went to join the navy.
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After WW2 had ended he went back to teaching and writing
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He got rejected 21 times before finally publishing The Lord Of The Flies
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Decades after it was written, it was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
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On June 19, 1993 he died of a fatal heart attack.
