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birthday
september 19 1911 -
teacher
he came a teacher in 1935 -
navy
he stop teaching for a while and join the navy in 1940 -
second time teaching
he started back teaching in 1945 after world war ii -
wrote a novel
In 1954, after 21 rejections, Golding published his first and most acclaimed novel -
retired from teaching
in 1963, the year after Golding retired from teaching, -
another novel
Golding’s writing career were Rites of Passage (winner of the 1980 Booker McConnell Prize) -
Nobel Prize
Golding was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature -
honored by queen Elizabeth II
n 1988 he was knighted by England’s Queen Elizabeth II. -
film work in his honor
In 1990 a new film version of the Lord of the Flies was released, bringing the book to the attention of a new generation of readers. -
sick
in 1992 he had gotten very sick -
death
On June 19, 1993, Golding died of a heart attack in Perranarworthal, Cornwall