1. Coventry And Warwickshire Network (CWN) - Philip Larkin Philip Larkin MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT Poet / Writer BORN, 9 August 1922 in Coventry This was the same year as Kingsley Amis and Donald http://www.coventry.org.uk/heritage/people/larkin/

Philip Larkin MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT: Poet / Writer BORN 9 August 1922 in Coventry [This was the same year as Kingsley Amis and Donald Davis who were later associated with him in the group that came to be known as 'the Movement' - the dominant literary voice of the 1950's] DIED 2 December 1985 of cancer of the oesophagus FAMILY The only son and younger child of Sydney and Eva Larkin. Sydney was City Treasurer of Coventry 1922-44; he died from cancer in 1948 at the age of 63. Eva lived to be 91 and died on 17 November 1977. The family lived in Coventry 1922-40 King Henry VIII School, Coventry Contributed regularly to 'The Coventrian', the school magazine, including 'Winter Nocturne' in December 1938 Joint Editor of 'The Coventrian' St Johns College, Oxford Failed his army eyesight test and was therefore able to complete his degree uninterrupted. Graduated with a First Class Honours degree in English in 1943 First poem 'Ultimatum' published in a national weekly 'The Listener' [28 November] Three of his poems were included in 'Oxford Poetry 1942-43' After graduating returned to his parents' new home in Warwick to search for a job. Failed twice to enter the Civil Service. Eventually in November he was appointed to the post of Librarian at Wellington, Shropshire

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3. Philip Larkin - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Philip Larkin. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Philip Larkin (August 9, 1922 December 2, 1985) was an English poet, novelist and jazz critic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Larkin

Main Page Recent changes Edit this page Page history ... Printable version Not logged in Log in Help Philip Larkin From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Philip Larkin August 9 December 2 ) was an English poet novelist and jazz critic . His parents were Sydney and Eva Larkin. He was born in Coventry UK Larkin was educated at King Henry VIII School in Coventry and St. John's College, Oxford . Soon after graduating from Oxford he applied for, and won, the position of Librarian at Wellington, in Shropshire , in late . In , Larkin became Assistant Librarian at the University College, Leicester ; in March of , he became Librarian at the University of Hull . He remained in this position for most of the rest of his life. Besides poems he published two novels, Jill ) and A Girl in Winter ), and several essays. His early work shows the influence of Yeats , but his later poetic identity was influenced mainly by Thomas Hardy . He is well-known for his use of slang and coarse language in his poetry, partly balanced by a similarly antique word choice. With fine use of enjambment and rhyme , his poetry is highly structured, but never rigid. Death was a recurring theme and subject of his poetry

4. Philip Larkin - Poems And Biography By PoetryConnection.net Biography of Philip Larkin. Philip Larkin (1922 1985). Philip Arthur Larkin was born in Coventry on 9 August 1922, the Philip Larkin. http://www.poetryconnection.net/poets/Philip_Larkin

Poem of the Day Top 30 Poets American Poems ... Search Today, on May 28th, 2004, the site contains 41 poets and 2322 poems. Biography of Philip Larkin Philip Larkin (1922 - 1985) Philip Arthur Larkin was born in Coventry on 9 August 1922, the only son and younger child of Sydney and Eva Larkin. His father was City Treasurer of Coventry from 1922 to 1944, and died from cancer in 1948 at the age of 63. His mother lived to be 91 and died on 17 November 1977. The family lived in Coventry between 1922 and 1940. Larkin attended King Henry VIII School there between 1930 and 1940. His early talent as a writer was shown in his regular contributions to The Coventrian, the school magazine, of which he was joint editor between 1939 and 1940. In October 1940 Larkin went to St John's College, Oxford. He failed his army medical as a result of poor eyesight and so was able to complete his degree uninterrupted, graduating with First Class Honours in English in 1943. His close friends at Oxford included Kingsley Amis and Bruce Montgomery, and many of them shared his passion for jazz music. Strongly influenced by, amongst others, Auden, Lawrence and Yeats, Larkin's literary talent developed rapidly. His first poem to be published in a national weekly was 'Ultimatum' in The Listener, 28 November 1940. In June 1943 three of his poems were included in Oxford Poetry 1942-43. For the first few months after graduating Larkin lived with his parents in their new Warwick home, spending much of his time on his first novel, Jill. Two attempts to get into the Civil Service failed and he eventually applied for, and was appointed to, the post of Librarian at Wellington in Shropshire in November 1943. Despite a full-time job and part-time study to qualify as a professional librarian, he continued to write and publish. Ten poems were included in Poetry from Oxford in Wartime in February 1945. All of these were then included in his own

5. Channel4.com - Culture - Philip Larkin Philip Larkin. Philip Larkin, The Marvel Press and Me by Jean Hartley (Sumach Press, 1993) Jean Hartley was a longterm friend and publisher of Larkin. http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/L/larkin/findoutmore.html

FilmFour Text Only TV Listings Community ... Books by the author Websites Channel 4 is not responsible for the content of third party sites The Philip Larkin Society www.philiplarkin.com Home of The Philip Larkin Society, this site includes, among many other things, a comprehensive biography and bibliography. It lists dozens of further titles written about the poet, novelist, jazz critic and librarian. Their activities also extend to regular talks, walks and tours, and publication of the About Larkin newsletter, back copies of which can be ordered online. The Society of Authors www.societyofauthors.org Among its many functions, the society acts as literary representative of the estate of Philip Larkin. The Literary Estate Department handles the negotiation and administration for a range of rights including print permissions. http://philiplarkin.20m.com Featuring reviews and comments on several of Larkin's major works, this site is well worth a visit for the quality selection of photographs in The Gallery, including a sketched self-portrait. Gym slips and hockey sticks: Philip Larkin's schoolgirl stories http://books.guardian.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4415001,00.html

6. Larkin Philip - OpenPoetryProject Philip Larkin (1922 1985). The Hermit of Hull. Philip Larkin died less than a year later, in the early hours of 2 December 1985. http://openpoetry.com/LarkinPhilip

LarkinPhilip OpenPoetryProject RecentChanges Preferences Philip Larkin (1922 - 1985) The Hermit of Hull. The greatest poet laureate we never had. A miserable old sod. Philip Arthur Larkin was all this, and more. Born in the English city of Coventry to staunchly middle-class parents (his father was, at the time, City Treasurer), he was educated at the King Henry VIII School before progressing to St. John's College, Oxford, where he earned a first-class honours degree in English in 1943. He began to publish poetry while at university and while on his first jobs, as a librarian, in the Shropshire town of Wellington, Leicester (University College), and Belfast (Queen's College). During this time he also published his two novels: Jill (1946) and A Girl in Winter On 21 March 1955, Larkin assumed the helm of the new library at the University of Hull, where he would remain for the rest of his professional life. In October of that year, his literary reputation was sealed with the publication of some 30 of his poems in the Marvell Press collection The Less Deceived.

7. Philip Larkin Philip Larkin. Modesties. Words as plain as henbirds wings Do not lie, Do not over-broider things- Are too shy. Thoughts that shuffle http://www.eleves.ens.fr/home/maclean/larkin.html

Philip Larkin Modesties Words as plain as hen-birds' wings Do not lie, Do not over-broider things- Are too shy. Thoughts that shuffle round like pence Through each reign, Wear down to their simplest sense, Yet remain. Weeds are not supposed to grow, But by degrees Some achieve a flower, although No one sees. Since the majority of me Since the majority of me Rejects the majority of you, Debating ends forwith, and we Divide. And sure of what to do We disinfect new blocks of days For our majorities to rent With unshared friends and unwalked ways, But silence too is eloquent: A silence of minorities That, unopposed at last, return Each night with cancelled promises They want renewed. They never learn. To put one brick upon another To put one brick upon another, Add a third and then a forth, Leaves no time to wonder whether What you do has any worth. But to sit with bricks around you While the winds of heaven bawl Weighing what you should or can do Leaves no doubt of it at all. Mother, Summer, I My mother, who hates thunder storms, Holds up each summer day and shakes It out suspiciously, lest swarms

8. Philip Larkin Philip Larkin. Aubade. I work all day, and get halfdrunk at night. Waking at four to soundless dark, I stare. In time the curtain-edges will grow light. http://www.certando.net/larkin.html

Philip Larkin Aubade I work all day, and get half-drunk at night. Waking at four to soundless dark, I stare. In time the curtain-edges will grow light. Till then I see what's really always there: Unresting death, a whole day nearer now, Making all thought impossible but how And where and when I shall myself die. Arid interrogation: yet the dread Of dying, and being dead, Flashes afresh to hold and horrify. The mind blanks at the glare. Not in remorse The good not done, the love not given, time Torn off unusednor wretchedly because An only life can take so long to climb Clear of its wrong beginnings, and may never; But at the total emptiness for ever, The sure extinction that we travel to And shall be lost in always. Not to be here, Not to be anywhere, And soon; nothing more terrible, nothing more true. This is a special way of being afraid No trick dispels. Religion used to try

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Book Reviews and Compare Prices for Larkin Philip Home Browse Books Bookstore List Top Selling Books ... Rate Book Stores Search: Title/Author/Keywords/ISBN Poets A-Z Larkin Philip Book Review and Price Comparison Pages: Next Top Selling Books for Larkin Philip Philip Larkin AUTHOR: Stephen Regan (Editor) ISBN: 0312173490 Publish Date: August 1997 Format: Paperback Compare prices for this book Collected Poems AUTHOR: Philip Larkin, Anthony Thwaite (Editor) ISBN: 0374522758 Publish Date: January 1991 Format: Paperback Compare prices for this book Experience: A Memoir AUTHOR: Martin Amis ISBN: 1402886810 Format: Paperback Compare prices for this book Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtue AUTHOR: Paul Woodruff ISBN: 0195157958 Publish Date: October 2002 Format: Paperback Compare prices for this book Larkin's Jazz AUTHOR: Palmer, Richard ISBN: 0826453465 Publish Date: March 2001 Format: Paperback Compare prices for this book Philip Larkin AUTHOR: Laurence Lerner ISBN: 0746308388 Publish Date: January 1997 Format: Paperback Compare prices for this book New Larkins for Old AUTHOR: Booth, James

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Book Reviews and Compare Prices for Larkin Philip Home Browse Books Bookstore List Top Selling Books ... Rate Book Stores Search: Title/Author/Keywords/ISBN Authors A-Z Larkin Philip Book Review and Price Comparison Pages: Next Top Selling Books for Larkin Philip Philip Larkin AUTHOR: Stephen Regan (Editor) ISBN: 0312173490 Publish Date: August 1997 Format: Paperback Compare prices for this book Collected Poems AUTHOR: Philip Larkin, Anthony Thwaite (Editor) ISBN: 0374522758 Publish Date: January 1991 Format: Paperback Compare prices for this book Experience: A Memoir AUTHOR: Martin Amis ISBN: 1402886810 Format: Paperback Compare prices for this book Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtue AUTHOR: Paul Woodruff ISBN: 0195157958 Publish Date: October 2002 Format: Paperback Compare prices for this book Larkin's Jazz AUTHOR: Palmer, Richard ISBN: 0826453465 Publish Date: March 2001 Format: Paperback Compare prices for this book Philip Larkin AUTHOR: Laurence Lerner ISBN: 0746308388 Publish Date: January 1997 Format: Paperback Compare prices for this book New Larkins for Old AUTHOR: Booth, James

13. Larkin PHILIP LARKIN (1922 1985). a web guide to Philip Larkin from literaryhistory.com. Courtesy of The Philip Larkin Society, orig. pub. http://www.literaryhistory.com/20thC/Larkin.htm

PHILIP LARKIN (1922 - 1985) a web guide to Philip Larkin from literaryhistory.com main page 20th century outline authors, alphabetical 19th century authors General Critical Articles http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=179 An introduction to the poet from the Academy of American Poets. http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/larkin.htm A biography of Larkin, from the Books and Writers web site maintained by the Kuusankoski Public Library, Finland. http://www.coventry.org.uk/heritage/people/larkin A timeline for Larkin, from the Coventry and Warwickshire Network. http://www.poets.org/exh/Exhibit.cfm?prmID=8 Accessible article from the Academy of American Poets discusses the British and Irish poets who had an important influence on twentieth century American Poetry: W.H. Auden, Thomas Hardy, Philip Larkin, Dylan Thomas, William ButlerYeats. http://bostonreview.mit.edu/BR21.5/burt.html An article about Larkin by the always perceptive Stephen Burt, " High Windows and Four-Letter Words," discusses Larkin's inventive use of profanity. Orig. pub. Boston Review

14. Philip Larkin Philip Larkin. Philip Larkin (August 9, 1922 December 2, 1985) was an English poet, novelist and jazz critic. His parents were Sydney and Eva Larkin. http://www.fact-index.com/p/ph/philip_larkin.html

Main Page See live article Alphabetical index Philip Larkin Philip Larkin August 9 December 2 ) was an English poet novelist and jazz critic . His parents were Sydney and Eva Larkin. He was born in Coventry UK Larkin was educated at King Henry VIII School in Coventry and St. John's College, Oxford . Soon after graduating from Oxford he applied for, and won, the position of Librarian at Wellington, in Shropshire , in late . In , Larkin became Assistant Librarian at the University College, Leicester ; in March of , he became Librarian at the University of Hull. He remained in this position for most of the rest of his life. Besides poems he published two novels, Jill ) and A Girl in Winter ), and several essays. Unlike most writers, Larkin moved on from prose to poetry. His early work shows the influence of Yeats , but his later poetic identity was influenced mainly by Thomas Hardy . He is well-known for his use of slang and coarse language in his poetry, partly balanced by a similarly antique word choice. Fine use of enjambment and rhyme ; his poetry is highly structured, but never rigid. Death was a recurring theme and subject of his poetry

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Philip Larkin MCMXIV , written in the 1960s, looks back to the ‘innocence’ of the summer of 1914.   Philip Larkin is representative of a new generation of English poets who came to prominence in the 1950s. He came from a working class background and lived for a good part of his life in Coventry, before becoming librarian at the University of Hull in 1955.  He was jazz critic for The Daily Telegraph between1961 and 19-71. The Whitsun Weddings (1964) and High Windows (1974) are two of his later volumes of poetry. He edited the Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century English Verse in 1973. He died in December 1985. Home Great War War Poets Hitler ... Unfinished journey

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18. QuotationReference.com: Philip Larkin Philip Larkin, Displaying 1 through 4 of 4 Quotes. and don t have any kids yourself. (Philip Larkin, his advice on how to live life). http://www.quotationreference.com/quotefinder.php?byax=1&strt=1&subj=Philip Lark

19. The Philip Larkin Society: Home Page Includes articles about philip larkin's life and works, membership information and a Poem of the Month. http://www.philiplarkin.com/

Registered Charity No. 1085251 This page was last updated on 01.03.2004 Home of The Philip Larkin Society About Larkin Bibliography Biography Contact Us ... Forum Home International Contributions Links Membership Form Notice Board ... Letter from Larkin Search WWW Search philiplarkin.com The Philip Larkin Society Since the Philip Larkin Society was founded in 1995, ten years after the poet's death, it has become a national and international focus for lovers of his writings. Its programme of events provides a forum for the discussion of all aspects of his work: as poet, novelist, jazz critic and librarian. Its lively, illustrated Journal, About Larkin , mingles reviews and commentaries on the Society's activities with articles of a more substantial literary nature. Aims of the Society To promote awareness of the life and work of Philip Larkin (1922-1985) and his literary contemporaries To bring together all those who admire Larkin's work as poet, novelist, jazz critic and librarian To bring about publications on all things Larkinesque The Society's programme includes: Regular talks on all aspects of Larkin's life and work. Readings, exhibitions, workshops and conferences

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Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D ... Z by birthday from the calendar Credits and feedback Philip Arthur Larkin (1922-1985) English poet, novelist, and critic, a leading figure of 'The Movement,' term coined to describe a group of British poets that coalesced during the 1950s, about the same time as the rise of the 'Angry Young Men'. 'The Movement' poets addressed everyday British life in plain, straightforward language and often in traditional forms. It first attracted attention with the publication of the anthology New Lines , edited by Robert Conquest. Among its writers were Philip Larkin, Kingsley Amis , Donald Davie and Thom Gunn. Conquest saw the group's work "free from both mystical and logical compulsions and - like modern philosophy - is empirical in its attitude to all that comes." Larkin's best known books were THE LESS DECEIVED (1955), THE WHITSUN WEDDINGS (1964), and HIGH WINDOWS (1974). "It is not sufficient to say that poetry has lost its audience, and so need no longer consider it: lots of people still read and even buy poetry. More accurately, poetry has lost its old audience, and gained a new one. This has been caused by the consequences of a cunning merger between poet, literary critic and academic critic (three classes now notoriously indistinguishable): it is hardly an exaggeration to say that the poet has gained the happy position wherein he can praise his own poetry in the press and explain it in the class-room, the reader has been bullied into giving up the consumer's power to say 'I don't like this, bring me something different.'"

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