Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
Person
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| gptkbp:almaMater |
gptkb:University_of_Oxford
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| gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:University_of_Hull
|
| gptkbp:awards |
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry
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| gptkbp:birthDate |
1922-08-09
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| gptkbp:birthPlace |
gptkb:Coventry,_England
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| gptkbp:contributedTo |
Modern_British_poetry
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| gptkbp:deathDate |
1985-12-02
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| gptkbp:deathPlace |
gptkb:Hull,_England
|
| gptkbp:famousQuote |
“Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.”
“The mind is a place and it can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.” “Life is slow dying.” “They fuck you up, your mum and dad.” “What will survive of us is love.” “I am not a poet, I am a poet's poet.” “I want to be a poet, not a poet's poet.” “I think of myself as a poet, not a poet's poet.” “The only way to get rid of a bad idea is to have a better one.” “I am a poet, not a poet's poet.” |
| gptkbp:fullName |
gptkb:Philip_Arthur_Larkin
|
| gptkbp:genre |
Jazz
Poetry |
| gptkbp:hasChild |
Catherine_Larkin
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Dr. Philip Larkin
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| gptkbp:influenced |
Contemporary poets
|
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:T._S._Eliot
gptkb:W._H._Auden John Betjeman |
| gptkbp:knownFor |
Critical essays
Exploration of everyday life Use of colloquial language Realism in poetry |
| gptkbp:language |
English
|
| gptkbp:nationality |
British
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| gptkbp:notableWork |
High Windows
The Less Deceived The Whitsun Weddings |
| gptkbp:occupation |
gptkb:Poet
Librarian |
| gptkbp:positionHeld |
Librarian_at_the_University_of_Hull
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| gptkbp:posthumousRecognition |
Widely_regarded_as_one_of_the_greatest_British_poets
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| gptkbp:spouse |
gptkb:Monica_Jones
|
| gptkbp:style |
Irony
Simplicity Ambivalence |