Phillip Larkin Biography
He was horn in 1922 in England.
He was a poet, novelist, librarian and Jazz critic.
Philip was educated at home.
He attended King Henry VIII School.
The North Ship, was published in 1945, it was Philip's first book of poetry.
As jazz critic from 1961 to 1971, Philip contributed to The Daily Telegraph.
In 1973, he edited the Oxford Book of Twentieth- Century English Verse.
He graduated from Oxford in 1943 in English language and literature.
The Times named him Britain's greatest post-war writer.
Larkin began at Oxford University in 1940.
He failed his military medical examination because of his poor eyesight.
Philip was appointed librarian of the public library in Wellington in 1943.
In 1948, he proposed to Ruth Larkin
At Queen's University Belfast, Philip was appointed sub-librarian in 1950.
In 1955, he became University Librarian at the University of Hull.
He was awarded a Visiting Fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford for two academic terms in 1973.
He died in 1985.
Phillip Larkin Works
Poetry
The North Ship
The Less Deceived,
Church Going
Toads
Maiden Name
Born Yesterday
Lines on a Young Lady's Autograph Album
The Whitsun Weddings
An Arundel Tomb
Mr. Bleaney
High Windows
This Be The Verse
The Less Deceived.
Fiction
Jill.
A Girl in Winter.
Non-fiction
All What Jazz
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