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About Philip Larkin
(1922 - 1985)
Philip Larkin is one of England’s greatest poets. He began writing poetry while at school and contributed regularly to The Coventrian, his school magazine. His first published poem, ‘Ultimatum’, appeared in The Listener in 1940 when Larkin was eighteen years old.
Neither his first published verse collection, The North Ship (1945) nor his novels (Jill, 1946 and A Girl in Winter, 1947) received much critical acclaim. It was his second collection of poems, The Less Deceived, published by the Hull-based Marvell Press, that brought him fame in 1955. This was followed by The Whitsun Weddings in 1964 and High Windows in 1974.
Larkin was also a distinguished jazz critic, literary critic and a compulsive writer of letters, many of which are now published. Many more, held by the Larkin Archive in the Hull History Centre, await publication.
Although he lived the greater part of his working life in Hull, he was born and educated in Coventry. Having graduated with a first-class honours degree in English language and literature at Oxford in 1943, he was appointed Librarian of the public library in Wellington, Shropshire. He held library posts at University College, Leicester (1946-50) and at Queen's University Belfast (1950-55) before being appointed Librarian at the University of Hull, a position he retained for thirty years until his death in 1985. During his tenure at Hull, he oversaw the development of major new library buildings and holdings and established the Brynmor Jones Library as an exceptional facility.
In 2003, almost two decades after his death, Larkin was chosen as 'the nation's best-loved poet' in a survey by the Poetry Book Society, and in 2008, The Times named Larkin as the greatest British post-war writer.
You can find out more about Philip Larkin by following these links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Larkin
http://www.philiplarkin.com/biog.htm
http://www.faber.co.uk/author/philip-larkin/
www.oxforddnb.com/public/dnb/31333.html
(1922 - 1985)
Philip Larkin is one of England’s greatest poets. He began writing poetry while at school and contributed regularly to The Coventrian, his school magazine. His first published poem, ‘Ultimatum’, appeared in The Listener in 1940 when Larkin was eighteen years old.
Neither his first published verse collection, The North Ship (1945) nor his novels (Jill, 1946 and A Girl in Winter, 1947) received much critical acclaim. It was his second collection of poems, The Less Deceived, published by the Hull-based Marvell Press, that brought him fame in 1955. This was followed by The Whitsun Weddings in 1964 and High Windows in 1974.
Larkin was also a distinguished jazz critic, literary critic and a compulsive writer of letters, many of which are now published. Many more, held by the Larkin Archive in the Hull History Centre, await publication.
Although he lived the greater part of his working life in Hull, he was born and educated in Coventry. Having graduated with a first-class honours degree in English language and literature at Oxford in 1943, he was appointed Librarian of the public library in Wellington, Shropshire. He held library posts at University College, Leicester (1946-50) and at Queen's University Belfast (1950-55) before being appointed Librarian at the University of Hull, a position he retained for thirty years until his death in 1985. During his tenure at Hull, he oversaw the development of major new library buildings and holdings and established the Brynmor Jones Library as an exceptional facility.
In 2003, almost two decades after his death, Larkin was chosen as 'the nation's best-loved poet' in a survey by the Poetry Book Society, and in 2008, The Times named Larkin as the greatest British post-war writer.
You can find out more about Philip Larkin by following these links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Larkin
http://www.philiplarkin.com/biog.htm
http://www.faber.co.uk/author/philip-larkin/
www.oxforddnb.com/public/dnb/31333.html