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Farley Mowat

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 5

TMDB ID: 2386827

Known for: Writing

Born: May 12, 1921

Died: May 6, 2014

Age: 92

Place of birth: Belleville, Ontario, Canada

Gender: Male

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Career span: 1981 - 2009

Years active: 29

Average TMDB rating: 6.99

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Biography

Farley McGill Mowat, OC (May 12, 1921 – May 6, 2014) 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.

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