Terry Gifford

Terry Gifford (born in 1946) is a British scholar at Bath Spa University and poet. He is known for his role in developing British ecocriticism and his research interests include pastoral literary theory, ecofeminist analysis of D.H. Lawrence, John Muir, Ted Hughes, creative writing, poetry, and mountaineering. He has also published his own poetry collections.

He was the founding Director of the International Festival of Mountaineering Literature (1987–2008), Chair of the Ted Hughes Society (2015–2021), and Chair of the Mountain Heritage Trust (2007–2010). His book ''D. H. Lawrence, Ecofeminism and Nature'' (Routledge 2023) was put on the shortlist for the Association for Studies in Literature and it garnered the Environment prize in 2023 for Best Academic Monograph. Provided by Wikipedia