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Farley Mowat

Canadian writer and environmentalist (1921-2014) · Canada · Writers · Died at 92

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Farley McGill Mowat was a Canadian writer and environmentalist. His works were translated into 52 languages, and he sold more than 17 million books. He achieved fame with the publication of his books on the Canadian north, such as People of the Deer (1952) and Never Cry Wolf (1963).

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2014Died6 May 20142010Canada's Walk of FameAward1970Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for HumourAward1958Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children AwardAward1953Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardsAward1921Born12 May 1921

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Canada's Walk of Fame2010
Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour1970
Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award1958
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards1953
Officer of the Order of Canada

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Farley McGill Mowat was a Canadian writer and environmentalist. His works were translated into 52 languages, and he sold more than 17 million books. He achieved fame with the publication of his books on the Canadian north, such as People of the Deer (1952) and Never Cry Wolf (1963). 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 Children's Literature in 1970.

Country
Canada
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1921 to 2014 · aged 92

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