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Farley McGill Mowat
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12 May 1921 - 6 May 2014
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The books of Canadian writer Farley McGill Mowat mainly describe the life of primitive peoples and the habits of animals. They are filled with kindness, understanding and transport the reader to the magical world of nature. Farley himself considered the animal world to be far more honest and just than the human world. This writer has seen many things in his lifetime: poverty, cruelty, war and famine. But he remained an outspoken humanist and was confident that the kindness and mercy of the human
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The books of Canadian writer Farley McGill Mowat mainly describe the life of primitive peoples and the habits of animals. They are filled with kindness, understanding and transport the reader to the magical world of nature. Farley himself considered the animal world to be far more honest and just than the human world. This writer has seen many things in his lifetime: poverty, cruelty, war and famine. But he remained an outspoken humanist and was confident that the kindness and mercy of the human race would eventually prevail.
Farley McGill Mowat was born on May 12, 1921 in the Canadian town of Saskatchewan. Since childhood, the boy was interested in the life of Indians, whose tribes lived near his home. And trips with his biological uncle to the north of the country were remembered for a lifetime by the riot of nature and the opportunity to observe animals in a natural environment. After graduating from high school, Farley enrolled at Toronto State University in the Faculty of Biology. His training was interrupted by World War II. The future writer fought the fascists in Western Europe. He was struck by the cruelty and inhumanity of the events that took place, a behavior he had not seen even among animals.
After the war, Mowat completed his studies at the university and as part of a biological expedition went to the tundra to observe wolves. The amazing discoveries of this trip he captured in the book “Don’t scream: wolves!” This book glorified Farley Mowat not only as a researcher, but also as a writer. After its great success, he constantly traveled to remote places of the country, where he participated in the life of primitive peoples, and then artistically described his observations.
Farley McGill Mowat wrote 36 books, the most famous of which are Desperate People, Trial in the Ice, In the Land of Snowstorms and The Curse of the Viking Grave.
In Canada, a street in Toronto and one of the research ships are named after Farley Mowat.