![]() ![]() The author of more than forty books, he was a popular and distinguished naturalist and conservationist whose internationally acclaimed novels, books for young readers, and memoirs have been translated into fifty-two languages and have sold more than seventeen million copies. He was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Medal in 1956, the Governor General's Award for "Lost in the Barrens" in 1956, the Leacock Medal for Humor for "The Boat Who Wouldn't Float" in 1970, the Order of Canada in 1981 and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Fund for Animal Welfare in 2003. Farley McGill Mowat (1921-2014) was born in Belleville, Ontario. ![]() He called Canada's treatment of aboriginals "abominable," said Canada's annual seal hunt was, "perhaps the most atrocious single trespass by human beings against the living world that's taking place today," and said hunts in general were "symbolic of the massive destruction that we've visited upon life." Never one to shy away from controversy, Mowat was outspoken about many environmental and social issues. Happy bookish birthdays, 12 May, to: Heather Rose Jones (the Alpennia series), Farley Mowat (Never Cry Wolf), Barry B. His novels and other non-fiction works have been translated into more than 20 languages. The son of a librarian, he grew up in Windsor, Ontario, and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. ![]() Mowat was born in Belleville, Ontario, on May 12, 1921. As a young teen he started a magazine called Nature Lore and had a column in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix. ![]() From the age of 13, Mowat was fiercely dedicated to writing about the natural world. ![]()
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