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To keep a diary is to attempt a difficult literary form. Its effectiveness is likely to derive from a special blend of honesty and appetite for life that gives the power to record everyday happenings while magically freeing them from banality and triviality.

William Plomer

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William Plomer
Age: 70 †
Born: 1903
Born: December 10
Died: 1973
Died: December 21
Author
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Pietersburg
William Charles Franklyn Plomer
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Honesty
Derive
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Everyday
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Record
Diaries
Magically
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Banality
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Keep
Happenings
Blend

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