Librarian whose romance with Philip Larkin won her an unusual niche

Charles Davis spotted this Obituary of Maeve Maureen Brennan, librarian
from
The Independent that says she came closest to being the woman that Philip Larkin almost married.
In the period after Larkin’s death, when his collected poems, and then his letters, were being gathered together, and his biography was being written, Brennan played a key part. She was central in founding the Philip Larkin Society, in aiding his editors and his biographer, Andrew Motion, and in helping edit the journal of the society, About Larkin.

June 13, 2003 by Uncategorized 0

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