Owen Sheers
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Owen Sheers (born 1974) is a Welsh poet, author and playwright.
[edit] Early Years & Education
He was born in Suva, Fiji, but brought up in London and Abergavenny, and educated at King Henry VIII School Abergavenny, New College, Oxford, and at the University of East Anglia
[edit] Actor & TV Presenter
He has played Wilfred Owen on stage, and has presented arts programmes for BBC Wales.
[edit] Works to date
- The Blue Book (2000)
- The Dust Diaries (2004), a travel memoir through Zimbabwe, following the life of his Great, great uncle Arthur Shearly Cripps (Welsh Book of the Year)
- Skirrid Hill (2005)
- Resistance (2007), His first novel, published by Faber & Faber