What is Philip Larkin?
[[File:Philip Larkin Statue Hull.jpg|thumb|The statue of Larkin in Hull]] '''Philip Arthur Larkin''' [[Order of the Companions of Honour|CH]], [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]], [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature|FRSL]] (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985) was a [[English people|English]] [[poet]] and [[novel]]ist.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/330650/Philip-Larkin Encyclopedia Britannica]</ref> Larkin was born and raised in [[Coventry]], [[Warwickshire]], where he attended primary and secondary school. He graduated from [[St John's College, Oxford|St John's College]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] with a [[double first]] in English language and literature. Larkin spent the latter years of his life in [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], where he was a [[librarian]] at the [[University of Hull]]. Larkin died in Hull, [[Humberside]], of [[esophagus|oesophageal]] [[cancer]]. == References == {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Larkin, Philip}} [[Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford]] [[Category:English novelists]] [[Category:English poets]] [[Category:People from Coventry]] [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:1985 deaths]] [[Category:Writers from West Midlands (county)]]