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Birth
William Golding was born September 19, 1911, in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England -
Teaching English and philosophy
England. In 1935 he started teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury. -
Temporarily left
He temporarily left teaching in 1940 to join the Royal Navy. -
First publish
In 1954 he published his first novel, Lord of the Flies. -
Noble prize
In 1983, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. -
Death
On June 19, 1993, he died in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England.