Somerset Maugham Award
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Owen Sheers
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Owen Sheers
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1974-09-20 （Suva, Fiji）
- Nationality
- Welsh
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Suva, Fiji → Abergavenny, south Wales
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, author, playwright, TV presenter, Professor
- Active Years
- 1999-
- Affiliations
- Welsh Rugby Union, Swansea University
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King Henry VIII School Abergavenny | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| New College, Oxford | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| University of East Anglia | — | Creative Writing | MA | — | United Kingdom |
King Henry VIII School Abergavenny
Country:
United Kingdom
New College, Oxford
Country:
United Kingdom
Captained the Oxford University Modern Pentathlon team
University of East Anglia
Creative Writing
Degree:
MA
Country:
United Kingdom
MA in Creative Writing
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Eric Gregory Award | — | — | Society of Authors | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Wales Book of the Year | The Dust Diaries | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Somerset Maugham Award | Skirrid Hill | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2014 | Wales Book of the Year | Pink Mist | — | — | 受賞 |
Eric Gregory Award
1999
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
受賞
Wales Book of the Year
2005
Work:
The Dust Diaries
Result:
受賞
Somerset Maugham Award
2006
Work:
Skirrid Hill
Result:
受賞
Wales Book of the Year
2014
Work:
Pink Mist
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Dust Diaries
2004 Non-fictionA non-fiction narrative about travels of his great-great-uncle in Zimbabwe.
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Skirrid Hill
2005 PoetryPoems about family, first love and farming life.
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Pink Mist
2013 Verse dramaElegy about camaraderie and loss in modern warfare in Afghanistan.
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Adaptations
- [Stage] Pink Mist (2015)
Adaptations
- Resistance (2011 film)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Rich in landscape descriptionLyric poetry
- Recurring Motifs
- landscapewarWelsh valleys
Legacy
Welsh poet, author known for works on war, landscape; first writer-in-residence for national rugby team.
Trivia
- First writer-in-residence appointed by any national rugby union team.
- Professor of Creativity at Swansea University.