Philip Larkin (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Philip Arthur Larkin has been called the best poet laureate England never had, for after John Betjeman’s death in 1984, a 30 percent plurality of 120 poets surveyed by The Times of London favored Larkin’s appointment to the post. Having not issued a book of poetry in the previous ten years and having written barely one hundred pages of mature verse in his lifetime, Larkin expressed his terror at the prospect of having to write ceremonial verse. Consequently Ted Hughes was appointed.
Larkin was the son of Sydney and Eva Emily (Day) Larkin. His father was city...
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