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William Charles Franklyn Plomer (10 December 1903 β 20 September 1973) was a South African and British novelist, poet and literary editor. He also wrote a series of librettos for Benjamin Britten. He wrote some of his poetry under the pseudonym Robert Pagan.
Born of British parents in Transvaal Colony, he moved to England in 1929 after spending a few years in Japan. Although not as well known as many of his peers, he is recognised as a modernist and his work was highly esteemed by other writers, including Virginia Woolf and Nadine Gordimer. He was homosexual, and at least one of his novels portrays a gay relationship, but whether he lived as openly gay himself is unclear.
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GenderMale
Birthday1903-12-10
Deathday1973-09-21 (69 years old)
CitizenshipsSouth Africa
AwardsCommander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry
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