Philip Larkin

Philip Larkin (1922-1985) was one of the most important and widely read English poets of the twentieth century. His poetry is celebrated for its precision, emotional honesty and wry observation of ordinary life in post-war Britain. Larkin served as librarian at the University of Hull for over thirty years, and his poems — including classics like This Be The Verse, The Whitsun Weddings and An Arundel Tomb — have become part of the fabric of English literary culture. He was also an accomplished jazz critic and novelist. His audiobooks and books continue to find new audiences, offering readers and listeners some of the finest poetry in the English language.