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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox writer Diana Gittins (born 20 October 1946),[1] is a former associate lecturer in creative writing for the Open University and a published writer of fiction and non-fiction books.[2][3]

Gittins is the author of Madness in Its Place: Narratives of Severalls Hospital 1913-1997,[4] which was adapted for broadcast for BBC Radio 4.[5]

Biography

Diana Gittins spent her childhood in New England, USA and moved to Devon in the UK when she was 14.[3]

After attending Dartington Hall School, Devon she studied at the University of Paris for a year,[6] University of Essex, and later at Bath Spa University.[2] She has two masters, one in social history and one in writing for young people. She also has a PhD in sociology.[3]

Gittins has had a number of jobs through the years, but her academic roles have included: being a research fellow at the University of Essex; a lecturer at Plymouth University; a lecturer at Colgate University, US; as well as a part-time associate lecturer of creative writing for the Open University.[6]

She lives with her partner in Exeter.[3]

Awards

  • Hawthornden Castle Fellowship[3][7]
  • Shortlisted for the 2009 Cinnamon Poetry Pamphlet competition[8]
  • Guernsey International Poetry on the Buses competition, 2011[9]
  • Flamingo Feather Poetry Competition (second place)[10]

Publications

Books

Poetry

Prose

Non-fiction

See also

References

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External links

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