Victoria and Other Stories with Jonathan Cape. He became a literary editor for Faber and Faber, and became chief reader and literary adviser to Jonathan Cape from 1937 to 1940, where he recognised the saleability of, and edited the first and many more of Ian Fleming's James Bond series. Fleming dedicated Goldfinger to Plomer. From 1937, Plomer took part in BBC radio broadcasts, and contributed to the Aldeburgh Festival from its start in 1948. From the late 1950s, he contributed to frequent poetry readings and events, served on the Arts Council and the board of the Society of Authors. He is known to have used the pseudonym "Robert Pagan", notably for some of his poetry. He was also active as a librettist, with Gloriana, Curlew River, The Burning Fiery Furnace and The Prodigal Son for Benjamin Britten. At least one source (Alexander) says that Plomer was never openly gay during his lifetime; at most he alluded to the subject. However Southworth says that he lived relatively openly as a homosexual in Japan, and portrayed gay relationships in a number of his novels, including Sado, The Case is Altered, and The Invaders. Later life, death In later life he collaborated with artist Alan Aldridge on a book of children’s verse, The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper’s Feast. Plomer described himself as "Anglo-African-Asian" in a 1967 article of that name, nearly 40 years after his return to England. The England and Wales National Probate Calendar records that at the time of his death, his address was 43, Adastra Avenue in Hassocks, West Sussex (Cuckfield Vol 5H, Page 547, 3rd Quarter of 1973); another source gives Lewes, the location of a nearby hospital, as place of death. He died on 20 September 1973 aged 69 in the arms of his partner of almost thirty years, Charles Erdmann. The date given by Encyclopaedia Britannica and in the London Gazette is incorrect. Recognition, legacy In 1951 Plomer was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He was awarded an honorary D.Litt. by the University of Durham in 1959. In 1966 he chaired the panel of judges for the Cholmondeley Award. He won the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1963. He was publicly tipped for the Poet Laureateship in 1967 and 1972. He was awarded a CBE in 1968. In 1958 he was elected president of the Poetry Society. In 1976, the inaugural