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Philip Larkin

1922 - 1985

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Philip Arthur Larkin (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985) was an English poet, novelist, and librarian. His first book of poetry, The North Ship, was published in 1945, followed by two novels, Jill (1946) and A Girl in Winter (1947). He came to prominence in 1955 with the publication of his second collection of poems, The Less Deceived, followed by The Whitsun Weddings (1964) and High Windows (1974). He contributed to The Daily Telegraph as its jazz critic from 1961 to 1971, with his articles gathered in All What Jazz: A Record Diary 1961–71 (1985), and edited The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse (1973). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philip Larkin is the 449th most popular writer (up from 505th in 2019), the 417th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 359th in 2019) and the 41st most popular British Writer.

Philip Larkin is most famous for his poetry. He was born in 1922 in Coventry, England. He was an English poet and novelist. He was also a librarian at the University of Hull.

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Among writers, Philip Larkin ranks 449 out of 7,302. Before him are Henri Barbusse, Vuk Karadžić, Jim Corbett, Raymond Chandler, Athenaeus, and Henry James. After him are Thomas De Quincey, Philip Roth, Demetrius Vikelas, Jo Nesbø, Carl Spitteler, and Louis Aragon.

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Among people born in 1922, Philip Larkin ranks 22. Before him are Ava Gardner, Erich Hartmann, Gérard Philipe, Jack Kerouac, Erving Goffman, and Hans Georg Dehmelt. After him are Charles M. Schulz, Christiaan Barnard, Imre Lakatos, Alain Resnais, Doris Day, and Agostinho Neto. Among people deceased in 1985, Philip Larkin ranks 16. Before him are Italo Calvino, Fernand Braudel, Carl Schmitt, Jean Dubuffet, László Bíró, and Simone Signoret. After him are Rock Hudson, Simon Kuznets, Margaret Hamilton, Dian Fossey, Paul Flory, and Lon Nol.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Philip Larkin ranks 417 out of 8,785. Before him are John Hurt (1940), Harthacnut (1018), Edward Burnett Tylor (1832), Liz Truss (1975), William Lassell (1799), and Andrew Carnegie (1835). After him are Thomas De Quincey (1785), Margaret Tudor (1489), William Laud (1573), Arthur, Prince of Wales (1486), Samuel Butler (1835), and William Morris (1834).

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Among writers born in United Kingdom, Philip Larkin ranks 41. Before him are Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792), Christopher Marlowe (1564), William Wordsworth (1770), Graham Greene (1904), John Galsworthy (1867), and Ian Fleming (1908). After him are Thomas De Quincey (1785), Samuel Butler (1835), Ken Follett (1949), Arnold Bennett (1867), Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828), and Thomas Paine (1737).

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