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William Golding was born on September 19th 1911 in Newquay, Cornwall, England. His parents were Alec Golding and Mildred Golding.
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William Golding was raised in a 14th century house next door to a graveyard in Wiltshire. He was a fruestrated child and found an outlet through bullying his peers.
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William Golding got married to Ann Broookfield on September 30, 1939.
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William Golding's first child David who was born on September, 1940.
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William Golding's second child was named Judith, and was born on July 1945.
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William Golding's first novel was Lord of the Flies which was published in 1945.
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In 1962 William Golding retires from being a teacher.
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William Golding enjoyed music, sailing, archaeology, and classical greek.
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In 1980 William Golding won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Darkness Visible in 1979.
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William died on June 19, 1993.