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William Golding was born on September 19 1911. He was born in Cornwall, England. Golding was not a nice kid, and often bullied other students. He unsuccesfully tried to write a book when he was 12.
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Golding started teaching in 1935. He taught Philosophy and English. He wrote his book, Lord of the Flies, after the bad kids in his classes.
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He left teaching English and Philosophy to go into the Royal Navy. He fought for 6 years and found his love for sailing.
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Golding published Lord of the Flies in 1954. It took 21 rejections to get published.
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William Golding won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983, for Lord of the Flies.
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William Golding died in Perranarworthal in 1993.
