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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip Larkin has received more than 2,106,395 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Philip Larkin is the 505th most popular writer (up from 585th in 2019), the 359th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 462nd in 2019) and the 40th 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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Notable Works

The Whitsun weddings
1964
A girl in winter
Biografie, Nursing, Biography
1947
High Windows
1974
The north ship
1945
The less deceived
Poetry
1955
Jill
1946

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Philip Larkin ranks 505 out of 7,302. Before him are Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Henri Barbusse, Gérard de Nerval, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Thomas Paine, and Baldassare Castiglione. After him are Anthony Burgess, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Anaïs Nin, Robert A. Heinlein, Statius, and Alfred Jarry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Philip Larkin ranks 24. Before him are Emil Zátopek, Hiroo Onoda, Aage Bohr, Kurt Vonnegut, Jack Kerouac, and Imre Lakatos. After him are Vittorio Gassman, Alain Resnais, Christiaan Barnard, Miguel Muñoz, Stanley Cohen, and Renata Tebaldi. Among people deceased in 1985, Philip Larkin ranks 18. Before him are Jean Dubuffet, Rock Hudson, Simon Kuznets, Charles Francis Richter, Dian Fossey, and Lon Nol. After him are Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Anne Baxter, Ferhat Abbas, John Franklin Enders, Paul Flory, and Margaret Mahler.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Philip Larkin ranks 359 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Paine (1737), Emma Thompson (1959), Richard Wright (1943), Christopher Nolan (1970), Colin Firth (1960), and Benny Hill (1924). After him are Anthony Burgess (1917), Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849), Joseph Merrick (1862), Theresa May (1956), Arthur Balfour (1848), and Henry Moore (1898).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Philip Larkin ranks 40. Before him are Graham Greene (1904), John Galsworthy (1867), Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828), G. K. Chesterton (1874), Christopher Marlowe (1564), and Thomas Paine (1737). After him are Anthony Burgess (1917), Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849), Harold Pinter (1930), Robert Burns (1759), George Eliot (1819), and A. A. Milne (1882).

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