Mowat was born May 12, 1921, in Belleville, Ontario and grew up in Richmond Hill, Ontario. 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". 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". For his body of work as a writer he won the annual Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature in 1970. The latter, an account of his experiences with wolves in the Arctic, was made into a film of the same name released in 1983. 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).
His works were translated into 52 languages, and he sold more than 17 million books. John Mowat, John Bower Mowat, John McDonald Mowat, Angus McGill Mowat, Sir Oliver Mowatįarley McGill Mowat, OC (– May 6, 2014) was a Canadian writer and environmentalist. Never Cry Wolf, People of the Deer, Lost in the Barrens, The Curse of the Viking Grave, The Grey Seas Under, Owls in the Familyįrances (Thornhill) Mowat, Claire (Wheeler) Mowat Author, soldier, environmentalist, naturalist, philanthropist
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