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William Golding was born September 19, 1911. He was born in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England.
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In 1935 he started teaching in Salisbury. He taught English and philosophy.
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Golding temporarily abandoned the profession to join the Royal Navy and fight in World War II. While in the Royal Navy, Golding developed a lifelong romance with sailing and the sea.
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In 1954, Golding published his first book, Lord of the Flies. It was about a group of British boys who had to survive alone on an island.
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Golding recieved the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983. He was awarded "for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today".
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In 1990, a film adaption of Lord of the Flies came out. It was an updated version of the book, bringing a new generation's attention to this classic novel.
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Golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall. After he passed away, his completed manuscript for "The Double Tongue" was published.
