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Philip Arthur Larkin (ur. 9 sierpnia 1922, zm. 2 grudnia 1985) – angielski poeta, pisarz i krytyk jazzowy. Życiorys. Urodził się w Coventry, gdzie spędził dzieciństwo i młodość. Studiował na Uniwersytecie Oksfordzkim, który ukończył w 1943. Począwszy od ...
菲利普·拉金（Philip Larkin，1922-1985），英国诗人。1922年8月9日生于考文垂。1943年毕业于牛津大学圣约翰学院。曾先后工作于威灵顿（1943-1946）公共图书馆以及雷斯特（1946-1950）、贝尔法斯特（1950-1955）、赫尔（1955-1985）等大学图书馆。
Although Philip Larkin turned down the office of Britain’s poet laureate following the death of John Betjeman in 1984 (it ended up going to Ted Hughes), Larkin had already inherited Betjeman’s cultural place in Britain and was one of the country’s most popular poets. Three of his poems, including “The Whitsun Weddings,” appear in The Nation’s Favourite Poems (BBC, 1996), an ...
Sunny Prestatyn. ‘Sunny Prestatyn’ by Philip Larkin is a famous poem about advertising and vanity. The poet depicts how unattainable a perfect lifestyle is through the destruction of a sign. The poem begins with the speaker describing a poster advertising “Prestatyn,” a resort town in Wales. The poster is of a smiling, perfect woman.
By Philip Larkin. I work all day, and get half-drunk at night. Waking at four to soundless dark, I stare. In time the curtain-edges will grow light. Till then I see what’s really always there: Unresting death, a whole day nearer now, Making all thought impossible but how. And where and when I shall myself die. Arid interrogation: yet the dread.
1 de abr. de 2017 · Philip Larkin “La penuria es para mí lo que los narcisos para Wordsworth” (“deprivation is to me what daffodils are to Wordsworth”) es una agudeza –de las tantas que prodigó en entrevistas y ensayos– que puede considerarse como una buena cifra de la poesía del inglés Philip Larkin (1922-1985), quien fuera, junto con Kingsley Amis y Thom Gunn, una de las voces más ...
16 de may. de 2024 · THE PHILIP LARKIN SOCIETY. Since The Philip Larkin Society was founded in 1995, ten years after the poet’s death, it has become a national and international focus for lovers of his writings. The Society, a registered charity, provides a forum for the discussion of all aspects of Larkin’s work: as poet, novelist, jazz critic and librarian.
