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 non-fiction narrative won the Welsh Book of the Year. His awards for poetry and drama include the Somerset Maugham Award for Skirrid Hill, The Hay Festival Poetry Medal for Pink Mist and the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award for his play The Two Worlds of Charlie F. He lives in Wales with his wife and daughter.
Owen Sheers has written two collections of poetry, The Blue Book and Skirrid Hill. His non-fiction includes The Dust Diaries and Calon: A Journey to the Heart of Welsh Rugby. His novel Resistance has been translated into ten languages and was made into a film in 2011. His plays include The Passion and The Two Worlds of Charlie F. . Owen wrote and presented BBC Four's A Poet's Guide to Britain. He has been a NYPL Cullman Fellow, Writer in Residence for the Wordsworth Trust and Artist in Residence for the Welsh Rugby Union.
Books by Owen Sheers
To Provide All People
Published: June 2019
A film-poem by the author of Pink Mist and The Green Hollow to mark the 70th anniversary of the National Health Service Act's passage into law.
The Green Hollow
Published: May 2019
The extraordinary memorial to the 1966 Aberfan disaster for its 50th anniversary - the collective story as it has never been told.
To Provide All People
Published: August 2018
A film-poem by the author of Pink Mist and The Green Hollow to mark the 70th anniversary of the National Health Service Act's passage into law.
The Green Hollow
Published: May 2018
The extraordinary memorial to the 1966 Aberfan disaster for its 50th anniversary - the collective story as it has never been told.
Mametz
Published: February 2017
Mametz by Owen Sheers is one of a choice of six set plays on WJEC's A level Drama specification.
Resistance
Published: February 2017
A thrilling and emotionally intense novel set in a World War Two where Britain has been invaded.
I Saw A Man
Published: May 2016
A gorgeously written contemporary thriller for Ian McEwan fans about responsibility and redemption
I Saw A Man
Published: June 2015
A powerful contemporary literary thriller: a mesmerising exploration of lies, guilt and sorrow. The event that changed all of their lives happened on a Saturday afternoon in June, just minutes after Michael Turner - thinking the Nelsons' house was empty - stepped through their back door.
Pink Mist
Published: June 2014
Shortlisted for the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2013, Pink Mist displays all of Owen Sheers's virtuoso gifts for language and poetic drama.
The Two Worlds of Charlie F.
Published: March 2014
The Two Worlds of Charlie F., by Owen Sheers, is a soldier's view of service, injury and recovery.
