Owen Sheers
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- Geburtstag
- 1974-09-20
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- UK
- Geburtsort
- Suva, Fiji
- Wohnorte
- Fiji
Abergavenny, Wales
New York, New York, USA - Ausbildung
- King Henry VIII comprehensive, Abergavenny
Oxford University (New College)
University of East Anglia - Berufe
- Writer in Residence at The Wordsworth Trust (2004)
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Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Fellow at the New York Public Library (2007)
poet
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- Eric Gregory Award
Vogue Young Writer’s Award (1999)
Hospital Club Creative Award (2008)
Wilfred Owen Poetry Award (2018) - Kurzbiographie
- Owen Sheers was born in Fiji in 1974 and brought up in Abergavenny, South Wales. He was educated at King Henry VIII comprehensive, Abergavenny and New College, Oxford. Owen has also written for Radio, TV and newspapers.
Owen’s first novel, Resistance (Faber, 2008) won a 2008 Hospital Club Creative Award and was short-listed for the Writers Guild Best Book Award. He currently divides his time between New York and Wales.
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First Michael, then other characters are introduced and described. We're having back stories and introductions until at least half way through the book. This is done in a way which invites curiosity, and drew me into the story.
This is book about grief, about guilty secrets, about relationships. It's also a poetic book. There's this: 'tiny women lost in monstrous SUVs, their painted nails clutching the steering wheels like the feet of caged birds', and subtle observations describing rooms, scenes on Hampstead Heath.
This is a clever, reflective novel. To call it a thriller is a mis-description. The action is all in the minds of the protagonists and is pyschologically astute. I'm glad to have read it.
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