That All-Important 'Writing Function'

“I write every day. I'm always in the process of writing my last book, until the next one.” – Farley Mowat

“Born in Ontario, Canada on this date in 1921, Mowat was both a tireless writer and environmentalist, whose many works were translated into 52 languages.  He sold more than 17 million books primarily achieving fame for his books on the Canadian north, such as People of the Deer and Never Cry Wolf (also made into a popular movie).

Never Cry Wolf has been ranked in the top 100 "most influential" books of the 20th century and considered one of the single most important works in changing people’s perceptions of wolves in the wild.  

                                                      Recipient of the Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature, Mowat also won two Canadian Book of the Year Awards, was given numerous honorary degrees, and was honored with a life-sized statue of himself in Saskatchewan, where he spent many of his writing years.  Overall he wrote nearly 50 books, numerous essays and several movies. 

 

Mowat died a week before his 93^rd birthday just after doing a radio interview and while still writing.   “Without a function, we cease to be,” he said.   “So, I will write till I die.”

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