My favorite author is Philip Larkin. He was an English poet and novelist.
I've never heard of him.  What did he write?
He wrote "Jill" and "A Girl in Winter". He passed away in 1985.
Shakespeare and Keats on English poets that come to mind.  Of course, they were Centuries prior.  I wonder who inspired Larkin.
Good question. His poems were considered very English with glum accuracy about emotions and places.
Almost sounds like Emily Dickenson.... with the gloom and doom.
Larkin also worked for thirty years as university librarian at Brynmore Jones Library at the University of Hull.
That would have to have been great inspiration.  My grandmother was a librarian... and she read SO many books.
Librarian
A librarian is a person who works professionally in a library, providing access to information and sometimes social or technical programming to users. In addition, librarians provide instruction on information literacy. 
Duties and functions.
Traditionally, a librarian is associated with collections of books, as demonstrated by the etymology of the word "librarian" (from the Latin "liber", "book"). The role of a librarian is continually evolving to meet social and technological needs. A modern librarian may deal with provision
Philip Larkin
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), and 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