Plomer, William, 1903-1973

Person

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Biography

William Charles Franklyn Plomer CBE was a South African and British author, known as a 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.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

J. Howard Woolmer collecton of Poetry Bookshop research and bibliographic materials, 1913-1988

Collection

Identifier: 1988-007

Scope and Contents J. Howard Woolmer collecton of Poetry Bookshop research materials consists largely of Woolmer's research materials and pre-publication drafts of the bibliography but includes PBS manuscripts and ephemeral printing. The collection is organized into two series: Series 1: Correspondence: Joy Grant: letters from British writers and collegues of Harold Monro in reply to Grant as she wrote Harold Monro and the Poetry Bookshop (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1967) including correspondents...

Dates: 1913 - 1988

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives

Lock, Stephen, 1983

File

Identifier: 1988.012.1.177

Scope and Contents

Lock praises Ellmann on the new edition of the Joyce biography; offers information about the writer and poet, Richard Rumbold and his relationship with his father. Includes title page and quote from A Message in Code: The Diary of Richard Rumbold, 1932-1960.

Dates: 1983

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Richard Ellmann papers / Series 1: Research and writings

Plomer, William

File

Identifier: 1988.012.1.228

Scope and Contents From the File:

Contents generally include: biographical information and drafts (often in multiple versions) of Ellmann's bio-commentary on each poet; selected poems by each author, photocopied from published sources; press cuttings of articles; rights and permissions to reprint poems; lists of corrections; and fragments of page proofs.

Dates: 1837 - 1990

Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Richard Ellmann papers / Series 1: Research and writings / W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., Publishers / The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry / Individual poet files