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