Farley Mowat (1921- )
- born in Belleville, Ontario on May 12, 1921
- son of a librarian
- grew up in Windsor, Ontario and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- in 1935 his uncle, an ornithologist, took him on a trip to the Arctic, which awakened his love of nature, and shaped his later life
- served in the Canadian army during WWII
- graduated from the University Toronto in 1949
- has supported himself solely through writing since then
- books have have been translated into twenty-two languages
- denied entry to the United States during the Reagan Administration
- novels:
- Lost in the Barrens (1956) won the Governor General's award
- The Black Joke (1962)
- The Curse of the Viking Grave (1966)
- memoirs and non-fiction:
- People of the Deer (1952)
- The Dog Who Wouldn't Be (1957)
- The Desperate People (1959)
- Coppermine Journey (1958)
- Ordeal by Ice (1960)
- Owls in the Family (1961)
- Never Cry Wolf (1963) filmed in 1983
- West Viking (1965)
- The Polar Passion (1967)
- Canada North (1967)
- This Rock Within the Sea: A Heritage Lost (1968)
- Sibir: My Discovery of Siberia (1970)
- A Whale for the Killing (1972)
- Tundra (1973)
- Canada North Now: The Great Betrayal (1976)
- And No Birds Sang (1979), about his war experiences
- Virunga (1987) republished as Woman in the Mist
- short fiction:
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