Philip larkin biography summary organizer
Philip larkin...
Larkin, Philip
BORN: , Coventry, Warwickshire, England
DIED: , Hull, England
NATIONALITY: British
GENRE: Poetry, fiction
MAJOR WORKS:
The North Ship ()
XX Poems ()
The Less Deceived ()
The Whitsun Weddings ()
High Windows ()
Overview
A major poet of the post–World War II era, Larkin was an eminent member of the group of English writers known as the Movement.
Philip larkin biography summary organizer
Writers associated with the Movement wrote fiction and poetry about ordinary experience in a realistic and rational style, consciously avoiding the idealistic principles of Romanticism and the experimental methods of modernism.
Works in Biographical and Historical Context
Came of Age during World War II Larkin was born in , in Coventry, England, to Sydney and Eva Emily Day Larkin.
While attending the King Henry VIII School, he began to write poetry, regularly contributing to the school magazine. In , he began his undergraduate studies at Oxford, where he developed close friendships with such write