]</ref>, '''Philip Larkin''' was born 9th August 1922 in Coventry, [[England]]. His poems are notable for their highly-structured but flexible verse forms <ref>[http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoet.do?poetId=7076]</ref> 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. <ref>[http://www.philiplarkin.com/biog.htm]</ref> | ]</ref>, '''Philip Larkin''' was born 9th August 1922 in Coventry, [[England]]. His poems are notable for their highly-structured but flexible verse forms <ref>[http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoet.do?poetId=7076]</ref> 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. <ref>[http://www.philiplarkin.com/biog.htm]</ref> |