CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Philip Larkin was born on 9 August 1922 at 2, Poultney Road, Radford, Coventry, the only son and younger child of Sydney Larkin (1884–1948) and his wife Eva Emily (1886–1977), daughter of first-class excise officer William James Day.

Detailed explanation-2: -Philip Larkin, in full Philip Arthur Larkin, (born August 9, 1922, Coventry, Warwickshire, England-died December 2, 1985, Kingston upon Hull), most representative and highly regarded of the poets who gave expression to a clipped, antiromantic sensibility prevalent in English verse in the 1950s.

Detailed explanation-3: -Later in 1974 he started work on his final major published poem, “Aubade". It was completed in 1977 and published in 23 December issue of The Times Literary Supplement.

Detailed explanation-4: -In addition to collections of poetry, Larkin published two novels-Jill (1946) and A Girl in Winter (1947)-as well as criticism, essays, and reviews of jazz music. The latter were collected in two volumes: All What Jazz: A Record Diary 1961-1968 (1970; 1985) and Required Writing: Miscellaneous Pieces 1955-1982 (1984).