Who among the following does NOT belong to the 'Angry Young Men'?
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Correct answer: C. Seamus Heaney
Explanation
Osborne (Look Back in Anger) and Amis (Lucky Jim) were labelled Angry Young Men, and Larkin, Amis's friend and a Movement poet, is sometimes grouped with them. The Irish poet Heaney (b. 1939) had no connection with the group.
Note: The source's key gives option 4 (Larkin); Heaney is the only option with no link to the group.
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