Farley Mowat

Farley McGill Mowat, OC was a Canadian writer and environmentalist. His works were translated into 52 languages, and he sold more thanmillion books. He achieved fame with the publication of his books on the Canadian north, such as People of the Deer and Never Cry Wolf . The latter, an account of his experiences with wolves in the Arctic, was made into a film of the same name released in 1983. For his body of work as a writer he won the annual Vicky Metcalf Award for Childrens Literature in 1970.

Mowat was born May 12, 1921 in Belleville, Ontario and grew up in Richmond Hill, Ontario. His greatgreatuncle was Ontario premier Sir Oliver Mowat, and his father, Angus Mowat, was a librarian who fought in the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Mowat started writing, in his words mostly verse, when his family lived in Windsor from 19301933.

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