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Philip Larkin (1922-1985), English poet famous for his witty and often deeply pessimistic verse. Larkin's poems are usually written in established poetic forms, using common language. His most famous poems are "The Whitsun Weddings," "Aubade" and "Church Going."

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• Grip of Light

  http://www.angelfire.com/poetry/larkin/
  Biography, as well as discussion and criticism of Larkin's poetry and writing.

• Guardian Unlimited: A fanfare for the common man

  http://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/jul/05/poetry.highereducation
  Andrew Motion on Philip Larkin.

• Guardian Unlimited: Obituary: Maeve Brennan

  http://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/jun/19/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries
  The woman Philip Larkin nearly married, and a profound influence on his work.

• Guardian Unlimited: Obituary: Monica Jones

  http://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/mar/15/guardianobituaries.books
  Philip Larkin's muse and mistress, over four decades she was an inspiring - if idiosyncratic - university lecturer in English.

• Larkin's Predicament

  http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/englisch/larkin.html
  A detailed article about Larkin's poetry, at the University of Cologne in Germany.

• Philip Larkin

  http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/philip-larkin
  An Academy of American Poets poetry "exhibit," including a brief biography of Larkin and a selected bibliography.

• The Philip Larkin Society

  http://www.philiplarkin.com/
  Includes articles about Philip Larkin's life and works, membership information and a "Poem of the Month."

• Wikipedia: Philip Larkin

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Larkin
  Brief biography, with external links to some of his popular poetry.

• Wounded by Un-Shrapnel

  http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2001/04/12/wounded-by-un-shrapnel/
  An article by James Fenton from The New York Review of Books (April 12, 2001) discussing Larkin's life and works.

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