Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:Poet
Librarian Novelist |
| gptkbp:artMovement |
Contemporary literature
20th-century literature |
| gptkbp:associatedAct |
gptkb:British_Poetry_Revival
The Movement |
| gptkbp:awards |
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry
|
| gptkbp:birthPlace |
gptkb:Coventry,_England
|
| gptkbp:born |
August 9, 1922
|
| gptkbp:contribution |
Critique of social norms in his works.
Exploration of everyday life in poetry. Influence_on_contemporary_British_poets. Pioneering_modernist_poetry_in_the_UK. Significant_contributions_to_English_literature. |
| gptkbp:deathPlace |
gptkb:Hull,_England
|
| gptkbp:died |
December 2, 1985
|
| gptkbp:education |
gptkb:University_of_Oxford
|
| gptkbp:famousQuote |
“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.” |
| gptkbp:genre |
Modernism
Postmodernism |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Sir Philip Larkin
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Ted_Hughes
gptkb:Carol_Ann_Duffy gptkb:Seamus_Heaney gptkb:Philip_Pullman gptkb:Andrew_Motion gptkb:Simon_Armitage Philip_Larkin's_poetry_has_been_studied_in_schools. |
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:T._S._Eliot
gptkb:W._H._Auden |
| gptkbp:knownFor |
His exploration of themes of love, death, and everyday life
|
| gptkbp:nationality |
British
|
| gptkbp:notableWork |
High Windows
The Less Deceived The Whitsun Weddings |
| gptkbp:occupation |
gptkb:Poet
Librarian |
| gptkbp:restingPlace |
gptkb:Humberstone_Road_Cemetery
|
| gptkbp:spouse |
gptkb:Monica_Jones
|
| gptkbp:style |
Irony
Simplicity Conversational Colloquial |