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- Birth nameWilliam Gerald Golding
- William Golding was born on September 19, 1911 in St Columb Minor, Cornwall, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Lord of the Flies (1990), Lord of the Flies (1963) and Alkitrang dugo (1975). He was married to Ann Brookfield. He died on June 19, 1993 in Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England, UK.
- SpouseAnn Brookfield(1939 - June 19, 1993) (his death, 2 children)
- A former English teacher at Bishop Wordsworth school in Salisbury, UK, Golding's first novel, "Lord of the Flies," was published by Faber in 1954 after being rejected by more than ten publishing houses. Quit his teaching job in 1962 in order to write full-time.
- Won the 1980 Booker Prize for his novel "Rites of Passage".
- Was the 1983 Nobel laureate in literature. Each of his eleven novels explored human nature's darker side.
- Received a knighthood in 1988.
- Educated at Marlbrough Grammar Scool (1921-1930) and Brasenose College, Oxford (1930-1934).
- Man produces evil as a bee produces honey.
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