Properties (41)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:Poet
Librarian Novelist |
gptkbp:almaMater |
gptkb:University_of_Oxford
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gptkbp:associatedAct |
The Movement
British_Poetry |
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:deathDate |
1985-12-02
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gptkbp:deathPlace |
gptkb:Humberstone_Road_Cemetery
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gptkbp:famousQuote |
“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.”
“Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.” “We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it.” “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 the best thing is to be honest.” |
gptkbp:genre |
Fiction
Poetry |
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Philip Larkin
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gptkbp:influenced |
Contemporary poets
Post-war_British_literature |
gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:T.S._Eliot
gptkb:Thomas_Hardy gptkb:W.H._Auden |
gptkbp:knownFor |
Realism
Social commentary Exploration of everyday life |
gptkbp:language |
English
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gptkbp:nationality |
British
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gptkbp:notableWork |
High Windows
The Less Deceived The Whitsun Weddings |
gptkbp:occupation |
gptkb:Poet
Librarian Writer |
gptkbp:spouse |
gptkb:Monica_Jones
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