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Born
Born in Saint Columb Minor, Cornwall, England -
Teaching
In 1935 he started teaching English and philosophy in Salisbury. -
Navy Service
He left teaching in 1940 to join the Royal Navy, during WWll -
Writing
In 1954 he published his first novel, Lord of the Flies -
Nobel Prize
In 1983, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature -
Death
On June 19, 1993, he died in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England.
