Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life

Name: Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life
ISBN: 9780415573146

by Andrew Motion

Costa Book · 1993 · Winner

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Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Costa Book of the YearCosta Biography Award	1993	Winner

About the Author

Andrew MotionEnglish

Sir Andrew Motion (born 26 October 1952) is an English poet, novelist, and biographer best known for his biographies Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life (1993, Whitbread Prize winner) and Keats (1997), as well as novels like Silver (2012), a sequel to Treasure Island. He served as UK Poet Laureate from 1999 to 2009, founded the Poetry Archive, and was knighted in 2009 for services to literature.