William G. Golding

Sir William Gerald Golding (September 19 1911 – June 19 1993) was an English novelist, poet and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1983) "for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today."

Later life

He received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II in 1988.

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Queen Elizabeth II - 1988

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William Golding died in his home at Perranarworthal, near Truro, Cornwall on June 19, 1993 and was interred in the churchyard cemetery in Bowerchalke, Wiltshire, England.

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Perranarworthal - Truro - Cornwall - June 19 - 1993 - Bowerchalke - Wiltshire - England

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