What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: William Golding 1911-1993 author and Nobel Literature Laureate lived in this house. "Our house was on the green, that close like square, tilted south" Recorded plaque organisation: Marlborough Town Council.
Sir William Golding CBE was a renowned British novelist best known for his debut novel "Lord of the Flies," which explores human nature and the thin veneer of civilization; he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1983.
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