Šime Knežević is an Australian writer, poet, and playwright. He was born in 1985 to Croatian parents, and lives in Sydney. His debut poetry chapbook, The Hostage, was published by Subbed In. His poetry has appeared internationally in Ambit, Australian Poetry Journal, Cordite Poetry Review, Island, Magma, Meanjin, Overland, SAND, and elsewhere. He has given live readings of his work in Sydney, Newcastle, Belfast and London. As a theatre-maker, he has presented or developed work in Australia at PACT Theatre, Belvoir, Performance Space, Parramatta Riverside, Brisbane Powerhouse, PICA, Shopfront Theatre, Sidetrack Theatre, Urban Theatre Projects, University of Wollongong, Crack Theatre Festival, Next Wave Festival and Sydney Fringe Festival. He was a recipient of the Subbed In Chapbook Prize, an individual Australia Council for the Arts grant, and shortlisted for the Philip Parsons Playwright Award. He holds a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from University of Technology, Sydney, and is a graduate of the NIDA Playwrights Studio. In 2019, he attended the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry Summer School at Queen’s University, Belfast.