Born Coventry. Larkin spent 30 years in the northern port city of Hull working as a university librarian. He shunned the limelight, refusing to appear on television and turning down a request to become Poet Laureate after John Betjeman's death.
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Philip Larkin
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Hughes became Poet Laureate a few years later and Larkin was of similar stand...
Diplomat, poet, hedonist and traveller. Born Petworth House, Sussex. Advocate...
