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William was born september 19, 1911, Newquay, Cornwall, England -
He went to, basenose College, Marlborough Royal Free Grammar School -
He fought for the British Navy in ww2.
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William Golding wrote The Lord of the Flies. -
William wrote a book about eight neanderthals encountering another race of beings like them but different in a way. -
The book, Pincher Martin is about the survival and psychophysical, spiritual and existential plight of one Christopher Hadley "Pincher" Martin, a temporary naval lieutenant who believes himself to be the sole survivor of a military torpedo destroyer which sinks in the North Atlantic Ocean. -
William golding wrote The Spire to tell the story of one man's vision, the construction of an enormous spire onto a cathedral without foundations. -
He won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Darkness Visible in 1979 -
he also won the Booker Prize for Rites of Passage in 1980
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William Golding wrote a book in 1980 called the rites of passage, its about sailing. -
In William Goldings time he wrote a total of 36 great books, and won many awards. Sadly, he died at a house called the Tullimaar House in Perranarworthal, United Kingdom.