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Brith
William golding was born in Cornwall in 1911. He was born at his grandmother's house -
School
William Golding went to the University of Oxford. When he first started there he wanted to be a Natural Scientist but then he later changed his mind and became an English major. -
Teaching
He decided to follow in his father's footsteps and become an English and philosophy at Bishops Wordsworth's School in Salisbury. -
Marriage and Family
William Golding got married to Anne Brookfield in 1939 they had their first child in 1940 and then had there second child in 1945. -
War Time
He left teaching in 1940. He then join the Royal Navy during World War II. -
Lord of the Flies
William Golding write first book Lord of the Flies. He got a lot of rejections but finally he got his work published -
Books/Works
William Golding wrote over 30 books throughout his career. Such as Lord of the Flies, The Inheritors, Pincher Martian, The Spire, and so on. -
Regections
William Golding got rejected 21 times before finding Faber & Faber, London to publish his first book Lord of the Flies. -
Awards
William Golding won a Nobel Prize in Literature. He was also awarded the Booker Prize for a fiction. -
William Golding Dies
William Golding died on June 19 1993. He died because of congestive heart failure
