Diana Gittins

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]

Diana Gittins
Born	(1946-10-20) 20 October 1946 (age 78) USA
Occupation	Lecturer in creative writing
Alma mater	University of Essex
Notable works	Madness in Its Place:Narratives of Severalls Hospital 1913-1997
Website
www.dianagittins.co.uk
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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

• Gittins, Diana (1994). Dance of the sheet. Nether Stowey: Odyssey Poets. ISBN 9781897654545.
• Gittins, Diana (2010), "Repulsive II", in Fortune-Wood, Rowan (ed.), The visitors & other stories & poems, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd: Cinnamon Press, ISBN 9781907090059
• Gittins, Diana (2010), "Hale New Moon Bopp", in Fortune-Wood, Rowan (ed.), The visitors & other stories & poems, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd: Cinnamon Press, ISBN 9781907090059
• Gittins, Diana (2010), "I Should Have Moved On", in Loveday, Mike; Gordon, Rudy (eds.), 14 Magazine, no. 9, March 2010, Online - selected editions, ISSN 1744-7763{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) "I Should Have Moved On" by Diana Gittins Archived 18 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
• Gittins, Diana (2013). BORK!. Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland: HappenStance. ISBN 9781905939916.

Prose

• Gittins, Diana (Summer 2009), "Prose", in Caddy, David (ed.), Tears in the fence, No 50, Dorset, UK: David Caddy, ISSN 0266-5816
• Gittins, Diana (Spring–Summer 2010), "Move the Castle", in Rapi, Nina (ed.), Brand literary magazine 06, online: BRAND Literary Magazine, pp. 109–112, ISSN 1754-0593 Pdf of magazine contents.
• Gittins, Diana (Summer 2012), "Prose", in Caddy, David (ed.), Tears in the fence, No 55, Dorset, UK: David Caddy, ISSN 0266-5816

Non-fiction

• Gittins, Diana (1982). Fair sex: family size and structure, 1900-39. London: Hutchinson. ISBN 9780091454913.
• Gittins, Diana; Himmelweit, Susan F; Crowley, Helen (1992). Issues in women's studies (book 1B). Milton Keynes: Open University. ISBN 9780749201050.
• Gittins, Diana (1993). The family in question: changing households and familiar ideologies (second ed.). Basingstoke: Macmillan (Series: women in society, a feminist list). ISBN 9780333545706.
• Gittins, Diana (1998). Madness in its place: narratives of Severalls Hospital, 1913-1997. London New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415183888.
• Gittins, Diana (1998). The child in question. Basingstoke: Macmillan. ISBN 9780333511091.

See also

• Severalls Hospital
• Creative writing