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Farley Mowat
Canadian author and environmentalist
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1921
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2014
country of citizenship: Canada
language of expression: English
educated at: University of Toronto
occupation: writer, environmentalist, biologist
award received: Officer of the Order of Canada, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, Canada's Walk of Fame
Farley McGill Mowat, (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.Mowat's advocacy for environmental causes earned him praise, but his admission, after some of his books' claims had been debunked, that he "never let the facts get in the way of the truth" earned harsh criticism: "few readers remain neutral". Descriptions of Mowat refer to his "commitment to ideals" and "poetic descriptions and vivid images" as well as his strong antipathies, which provoke "ridicule, lampoons and, at times, evangelical condemnation".
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12Curse of the Viking Grave
Canadian children's novel, 1966 sequel
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author: Farley Mowat
1966
Lost in the Barrens
Canadian children's novel, 1956, wilderness adventure set in 1935
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author: Farley Mowat
illustrator: Charles Geer
1956
The Serpent's Coil
kniha s názvem Hadí spirála
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author: Farley Mowat
illustrator: Jaroslav Lukavský
1968