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Farley Mowat
Belleville, Ontario, Canada
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 book…
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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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Movies and shows, newest first
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2009
Finding Farley
Movie Self
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2008
Pirate for the Sea
Movie Self
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2003
The Snow Walker
Movie Writer
- 1992
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1990
Lost in the Barrens
Movie Novel
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1983
Never Cry Wolf
Movie Author
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1981
A Whale for the Killing
Movie Author
- 1981
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1971
Angus
Movie Narrator (voice)
