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A major modern poet [1], Philip Larkin was born 9th August 1922 in Coventry, England. His poems are notable for their highly-structured but flexible verse forms [2] and their combination of simple direct language with acute social and spiritual observation. In 1943, he graduated with a First Class Honours in English from St. John’s College, Oxford. He trained as a librarian and spent most of his working life at the University of Hull, having taken the position of Librarian there in 1955. Larkin died of cancer, aged 63, on 2nd December 1985. [3]

A major modern poet [1], Philip Larkin was born 9th August 1922 in Coventry, England. His poems are notable for their highly-structured but flexible verse forms [2] and their combination of simple direct language with acute social and spiritual observation. In 1943, he graduated with a First Class Honours in English from St. John’s College, Oxford. He trained as a librarian and spent most of his working life at the University of Hull, having taken the position of Librarian there in 1955. Larkin died of cancer, aged 63, on 2nd December 1985. [3]