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Philip Arthur Larkin war ein englischer Dichter, Autor und Jazzkritiker. Er arbeitete als Bibliothekar an der Universität Hull. Larkin gilt als einer der bedeutendsten englischen Dichter des 20. Jahrhunderts.
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, was published in 1945, followed by two novels, Jill (1946) and A Girl in Winter (1947).
He was one of post-war England’s most famous poets, and was commonly referred to as “England’s other Poet Laureate” until his death in 1985. 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.
Philip Larkin (born August 9, 1922, Coventry, Warwickshire, England—died December 2, 1985, Kingston upon Hull) was the most representative and highly regarded of the poets who gave expression to a clipped, antiromantic sensibility prevalent in English verse in the 1950s.
Philip Larkin (1922–1985) wollte eigentlich Romancier werden, doch nach zwei Romanen gab er es auf: „Nicht ich wählte die Dichtung, die Dichtung. wählte mich.“ Heute ist er als einer der maßgeblichen Vertreter der zeitgenössischen englischen Lyrik hochgeschätzt, er hat der Nachkriegsdichtung Großbritanniens entscheidende Impulse ...
1. Dez. 2015 · Philip Larkin remains one of Britain’s most controversial – and loved – poets. His colleague James Booth looks back. Thirty years after his death, the poet Philip Larkin is finally to be...
BIOGRAPHY. Philip Arthur Larkin was born on August 9, 1922, in Coventry. He was the second child, and only son, of Sydney and Eva Larkin. Sydney Larkin was City Treasurer between the years 1922-44. Larkin’s sister, some ten years his senior, was called Catherine, but was known as Kitty.
