2003Nominee
Best Writing
The Snow Walker
Farley Mowat
Actor · Writer
Belleville, Ontario, Canada
May 12, 1921
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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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1983Nominee
Best Writing
Never Cry Wolf
2009Nominee
Best Performance
Finding Farley
Career Highlights
1981Highlight
Best Writing
A Whale for the Killing
1990Highlight
Best Writing
Lost in the Barrens
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The Snow Walker
Never Cry Wolf