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getting married
in 1939 he got married to ann brookfield -
military service
he joined the royal navy in 1940 serving on a destroyer -
works on rocket ship during ww2
he worked on a rocket boat on d-day -
published his first novel lord of the flies
After 21 rejections he finally published his first novel in 1954 lord of the flies -
movie
in 1963 a movie was made after lord of the flies -
is rewarded with nobel prize
William Golding was awarded the nobel peace prize in literature -
knighted in England
in 1988 he was knighted by queen Elizabeth the 2nd -
a new film of the lord and the flies comes out
a new version of the lord and the flies comes out -
in 1993 he died of a heart attack
William Golding dies of a heart attack at his own home -
his manuscript is published
his manuscript the double tongue is published