Owen Sheers

Owen Sheers is a poet, author, and playwright. His first novel, Resistance , was translated into ten languages and adapted into a film. The Dust Diaries , his Zimbabwean nonfiction narrative, won the Wales Book of the Year Award. His awards for poetry and drama include the Somerset Maugham Award for Skirrid Hill , the Hay Festival Medal for Poetry and Wales Book of the Year Award for Pink Mist , and the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award for his play The Two Worlds of Charlie F ...See more

Owen Sheers is a poet, author, and playwright. His first novel, Resistance , was translated into ten languages and adapted into a film. The Dust Diaries , his Zimbabwean nonfiction narrative, won the Wales Book of the Year Award. His awards for poetry and drama include the Somerset Maugham Award for Skirrid Hill , the Hay Festival Medal for Poetry and Wales Book of the Year Award for Pink Mist , and the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award for his play The Two Worlds of Charlie F . See less