Owen Sheers
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About
Poet, author, and performer whose debut poetry collection, The Blue Book, was nominated for the Wales Book of the Year.
Before Fame
He received his master's degree in creative writing from the University of East Anglia.
Trivia
His first novel, Resistance, was nominated for the 2008 Writer's Guild of Great Britain Best Book Award and was translated into ten languages.
Family Life
He was born in Suva, Fiji and was raised in Abergavenny, South Wales. He married Katherine Sheers.
Associated With
He based his one-man play, "Unicorns, almost," on the life of World War II-era poet Keith Douglas. The play was first performed by actor Joseph Fiennes.
