Here is the biography of Philip Larkin. He is one of the most prominent poet of English language #PhilipLarkin #Biography

1. Philip Larkin
Biography

2. Philip Arthur Larkin (1922 - 1985)

3. Biography...
• On August 9, 1922, Philip Larkin was born in Coventry,
England. He attended St. John's College, Oxford. He
was the second child, and only son, of Sydney and Eva
Lakin.
• in 1943, he did First Class Honours in English.
• His first book of poetry, The North Ship, was published
in 1945 and, though not particularly strong on its own, is
notable insofar as certain passages foreshadow the
unique sensibility and maturity that characterizes his
later work.

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• In 1946, Larkin discovered the poetry of Thomas Hardy
and became a great admirer of his poetry, learning from
Hardy how to make the commonplace and often dreary
details of his life the basis for extremely tough, unsparing,
and memorable poems. With his second volume of
poetry, The Less Deceived (1955), Larkin became the
preeminent poet of his generation, and a leading voice of
what came to be called "The Movement," a group of
young English writers who rejected the prevailing fashion
for neo-Romantic writing in the style of Yeats and Dylan
Thomas. Like Hardy, Larkin focused on intense personal
emotion but strictly avoided sentimentality or self-pity.

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• In 1964, he confirmed his reputation as a major poet with
the publication of The Whitsun Weddings, and again in
1974 with High Windows: collections whose searing,
often mocking, wit does not conceal the poet's dark
vision and underlying obsession with universal themes of
mortality, love, and human solitude. Deeply anti-social
and a great lover and published critic of American jazz,
Larkin never married and worked as a librarian in the
provincial city of Hull.
• Philip Larkin died of cancer on December 2, 1985. He
was 63 years old.

6. Awards and Achievemments...
• In 1965, Philip Larkin was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for
Poetry.
• In 1975 he was awarded the CBE.
• In 1976, he received the German Shakespeare-Prize.
• In 1978, he was made Companion of Literature. In 1980, Larkin was
elected an Honorary Fellow of the Library Association.
• in 1982 the University of Hull made him a Professor.
• in 1984 he recieved an honorary D.Litt. from Oxford University.
• Indeed, when the position of laureate became vacant in 1984, many
poets and critics favored Larkin's appointment, but Larkin preferred
to avoid the limelight.

7. Notable Works (Poetry)
• The North Ship (1945)
• XX Poems (1951)
• Poems (1954)
• The Less Deceived (1955)
• The Whitsun Weddings (1964)
• Aubade (1980)
• Collected Poems (1989)
• Corgi Modern Poets in Focus 5 (1971)
• Femmes Damnées (1978)
• High Windows (1974)

8. Notable Works (Prose)...
• A Girl in Winter (1947)
• Jill (1964)
• All What Jazz: A Record Diary 1961-68
(1970)
• Required Writing: Miscellaneous Pieces
1955-1982 (1984)
• Selected Letters 1940-1985 (1992)

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