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William Golding
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Introduction
British poet, writer, and dramatist Sir William Gerald Golding. Dedicated to becoming a scientist, he studied natural science at Oxford. However, after two years of studying, he changed his attention to philosophy and literature since he was in love with writing and reading. His initial work of poetry was published before he graduated, although it received little positiv attention.
He started teaching English at a school after receiving his degree, but he quit to enlist in the Royal Navy and serve in World War II. After serving in the army for five years, he returned to teaching. Eventually, he had his debut novel, Lord of the Flies, published after being rejected by twenty-one publishing houses. He wrote several works after that, but "Lord of the Flies" became his best-known work. He mostly wrote about his experiences in the army, in combat, with human nature's brutality, and with the determination to survive. The Nobel Prize was
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