Plomer

British

/ ˈpluːmə /

noun

William ( Charles Franklyn ). 1903–73, British poet, novelist, and short-story writer, born in South Africa. His novels include Turbott Wolfe (1926) and The Case is Altered (1932)

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My favorite exchanges are those between Fleming and two of his most trusted readers, William Plomer and Daniel George, to whom he sent early drafts of each Bond installment.

From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2015

Britten worked with the poet William Plomer to develop an English version of the Noh play.

From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2014

All is furnished – or "besprent" as the dire cod-Elizabethiana text by William Plomer might have it – with bright, toy colours and visual wit.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2013

The sample line "Your plainings I can ne'er refuse" is plum Plomer, and can anyone really sing "supersedeth"?

From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2013

I cannot tell them that the day will come when Plomer Hawkesworth will stand on the steps of a throne and enjoy all that a king's gratitude can confer.

From Sophia A Romance by Stanley John Weyman

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