• Philip Arthur Larkin CH CBE FRSL (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985) was an English poet, novelist, and librarian. His first book of poetry, The North Ship...
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    trade on the family connection", and selecting Larkin in honour of his favourite poet Philip Larkin. Larkin trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic...
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  • life of the poet Philip Larkin, multiple women had important roles which were significant influences on his poetry. Since Larkin's death in 1985, biographers...
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  • The list of poems by Philip Larkin come mostly from the four volumes of poetry published during his lifetime: The North Ship (July 1945) The Less Deceived...
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  • 1929 — 22 August 2014) was a librarian, biographer and close friend of Philip Larkin. Winifred Dawson was born in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, and spent...
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  • "Aubade" is a poem by the English poet Philip Larkin, first published in 1977. The theme of the poem is the terror of death. The title refers to the poetic...
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  • Church Going (category Poetry by Philip Larkin)
    is a poem by the English poet Philip Larkin (1922–1985) that is generally regarded as one of his masterpieces. Larkin's first draft of the poem was dated...
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  • chairman of the Philip Larkin Society from its founding in 1995, ten years after the death of the poet. The two became friends while Larkin was librarian...
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    Hull he met the university librarian and poet Philip Larkin. Motion was later appointed as one of Larkin's literary executors, which would privilege Motion's...
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    After his death his poems were lauded by Ezra Pound, W. H. Auden and Philip Larkin. Many of his novels concern tragic characters struggling against their...
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  • York Larkin University, Miami Gardens, Florida Philip Larkin Society Larkin, Alabama, U.S. Larkin, California, U.S. Larkin, Johor, Malaysia Larkin (state...
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  • The Mower is a poem by British poet Philip Larkin, written on 12 June 1979. It was first published in Humberside, the Hull Literary Club magazine, in...
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  • Philip Larkin: Life, Art and Love is a book by James Booth about the poet Philip Larkin. The book was first published in 2014. Morrison, Blake (22 August...
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    death of the poet Philip Larkin with the Larkin 25 Festival. This included the popular Larkin with Toads public art event. The 40 Larkin toads were displayed...
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  • This Be The Verse (category Poetry by Philip Larkin)
    three stanzas with an alternating rhyme scheme, by the English poet Philip Larkin (1922–1985). It was written around April 1971, was first published in...
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  • The Whitsun Weddings (category Poetry by Philip Larkin)
    The Whitsun Weddings is a collection of 32 poems by Philip Larkin. It was first published by Faber in the United Kingdom on 28 February 1964. It was a...
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    notable aubades were published in the 20th century, such as "Aubade" by Philip Larkin. French composers of the turn of the 20th century wrote a number of...
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    An Arundel Tomb (category Poetry by Philip Larkin)
    "An Arundel Tomb" is a poem by Philip Larkin, written and published in 1956, and subsequently included in his 1964 collection The Whitsun Weddings. It...
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  • the address of Philip Larkin from 1948 to 1950, while he was a librarian at the university there. Lucky Jim is dedicated to Larkin, who helped to inspire...
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    Agriculture civil servant. He had an elder brother, Philip; his younger sister, Sally – for whose birth Philip Larkin composed "Born Yesterday" – died in 2000 at...
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  • literary editor of The Spectator, to describe a group of writers including Philip Larkin, Kingsley Amis, Donald Davie, D. J. Enright, John Wain, Elizabeth Jennings...
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  • High Windows (category Poetry by Philip Larkin)
    High Windows is a collection of poems by English poet Philip Larkin, and was published in 1974 by Faber and Faber Limited. The paperback version was first...
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  • Mr Bleaney (category Poetry by Philip Larkin)
    British poet Philip Larkin, written in May 1955. It was first published in The Listener on 8 September 1955 and later included in Larkin's 1964 anthology...
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  • Jill (novel) (category Works by Philip Larkin)
    Jill is a novel by English writer Philip Larkin, first published in 1946 by The Fortune Press, and reprinted by Faber and Faber (London) in 1964. It was...
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  • The Whitsun Weddings (poem) (category Poetry by Philip Larkin)
    "The Whitsun Weddings" is one of the best known poems by British poet Philip Larkin. It was written and rewritten and finally published in the 1964 collection...
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    director), W. H. Auden, Margaret Storey, William Golding, Samuel Beckett, Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, Paul Muldoon, Milan Kundera and Kazuo Ishiguro...
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  • her career was revived when the critic Lord David Cecil and the poet Philip Larkin both nominated her as the most underrated writer of the century. Her...
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    C. S. Lewis was commemorated with a memorial floor stone. The poet Philip Larkin was commemorated with a floor stone dedicated on 2 December 2016. The...
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  • English poet and critic, widely known as the editor of his friend Philip Larkin's collected poems and letters. Born in Chester, England, to Yorkshire...
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  • years, The Paris Review published works by Jack Kerouac, Philip Larkin, V. S. Naipaul, Philip Roth, Terry Southern, Adrienne Rich, Italo Calvino, Samuel...
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