Philip Arthur Larkin byl anglický básník, prozaik a jazzový kritik. Obecně je považován za jednoho z nejvýznamnějších anglických básníků druhé poloviny 20. století.Poprvé se dostal do popředí v roce 1955 publikací své druhé básnické sbírky The Less Deceived, po níž následovaly The Whitsun Weddings a High Windows . Po smrti Johna Betjemana v roce 1984 mu byl nabídnut post dvorního básníka Spojeného království, který však Larkin nepřijal. Wikipedia
„Můžu žít týden bez poezie, ale ani jeden den bez jazzu. (1965).“
Originál: (en) I can live a week without poetry, but not a day without jazz.
Zdroj: [Harris, John, All that jazz, guardian.co.uk, 2011-05-21, 2011-05-21, http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/may/21/jazz-philip-larkin-john-harris]
“What was the rock my gliding childhood struck, / And what bright unreal path has led me here?”
Lines from an early poem, letter to J.B. Sutton, 16 April 1941
“Get stewed:
Books are a load of crap.”
Philip Larkin kniha The Whitsun Weddings
"A Study of Reading Habits" (20 August 1960)
The Whitsun Weddings (1964)
Philip Larkin kniha The Whitsun Weddings
"MCMXIV"
The Whitsun Weddings (1964)
Philip Larkin kniha The Whitsun Weddings
"Love Songs in Age" (1 January 1957)
The Whitsun Weddings (1964)
Philip Larkin kniha The Less Deceived
Zdroj: The Less Deceived (1955), Lines on a Young Lady's Photograph Album
Philip Larkin kniha The Less Deceived
Coming
The Less Deceived (1955)
Letter to Monica Jones, 22 October 1967
Zdroj: Letter to J.B.Sutton 30 October 1949
“to start at a new place is always to feel incompetent & unwanted.”
Letter to Winifred Arnott, 7 October 1953
“I never think of poetry or the poetry scene, only separate poems written by individuals.”
Interview in The Review, published by Ian Hamilton (1972)
Philip Larkin kniha High Windows
"This Be The Verse," High Windows (1974) [April ? 1971]
This Be The Verse (1974)
Zdroj: "Aubade", Times Literary Supplement, 23 December 1977
