WRITER

Farley Mowat

1921 - 2014

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Farley McGill Mowat, (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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Farley Mowat has received more than 779,249 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Farley Mowat is the 5,975th most popular writer (down from 5,230th in 2019), the 555th most popular biography from Canada (down from 461st in 2019) and the 36th most popular Canadian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 780k

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  • 51.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Farley Mowat ranks 5,975 out of 7,302. Before him are Winston Churchill, Walter Lord, Teréz Karacs, Luisa Valenzuela, Kay Redfield Jamison, and Simo Puupponen. After him are Michael Parenti, Albert Sánchez Piñol, Tom Brokaw, Svetlana Makarovič, Edmund Gosse, and William Bell Scott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Farley Mowat ranks 403. Before him are Chen Muhua, Sita Ram Goel, Michel Bonnevie, Fernando Roldán, John Russell, and Jean Kent. After him are Adolf Wiklund, Muhibbe Darga, Peter Sallis, Paul Falk, Peggy Rea, and Spartaco Bandinelli. Among people deceased in 2014, Farley Mowat ranks 447. Before him are Toimi Alatalo, Mae Young, Carmen Zapata, Elizabeth Peña, Álex Angulo, and Joan Lorring. After him are Khushwant Singh, Eladio Herrera, Javier Guzmán, Albert Reynolds, Steven R. Nagel, and Ghiță Licu.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Farley Mowat ranks 555 out of 1,622. Before him are Robert Lepage (1957), Barbara Parkins (1942), Robert J. Sawyer (1960), Jeanne Sauvé (1922), Kenneth Lane (1923), and Arthur Hill (1922). After him are Edward Archibald (1884), Charles Scicluna (1959), Dorothy Stratten (1960), K.d. lang (1961), Atiba Hutchinson (1983), and Nellie McClung (1873).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Farley Mowat ranks 36. Before him are Robertson Davies (1913), Guy Gavriel Kay (1954), Antonine Maillet (1929), Sven Delblanc (1931), Mark Strand (1934), and Robert J. Sawyer (1960). After him are George Woodcock (1912), John Ralston Saul (1947), Robert Elsie (1950), Deborah Ellis (1960), E. Pauline Johnson (1861), and Élie Blanchard (1881).

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