My favorite author is Philip Larkin. He was an English poet and novelist.
I've never heard of him.  What did he write?
He wrote "Jill" and "A Girl in Winter". He passed away in 1985.
Shakespeare and Keats on English poets that come to mind.  Of course, they were Centuries prior.  I wonder who inspired Larkin.
Good question. His poems were considered very English with glum accuracy about emotions and places.
Almost sounds like Emily Dickenson.... with the gloom and doom.
Larkin also worked for thirty years as university librarian at Brynmore Jones Library at the University of Hull.
That would have to have been great inspiration.  My grandmother was a librarian... and she read SO many books.
Librarians fill a very important role by providing access to information for library patrons.
I believe librarians help instill the love of reading, as well.