Claire Mowat | |
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Born | Claire Angel Wheeler 5 February 1933 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Occupation | Author, environmentalist, philanthropist |
Language | English |
Nationality | Canadian |
Education | Graphic designer |
Alma mater | Havergal College, Ontario College of Art & Design |
Period | 1983 – present |
Genre | Memoir, young adult fiction |
Notable works | The Outport People |
Spouse | Farley Mowat |
Relatives | Angus McGill Mowat |
Claire Angel Mowat (born 5 February 1933)[1] is a Canadian writer and environmentalist.
Born on February 5, 1933, Mowat (née Wheeler) was raised and educated in Toronto, Ontario. She graduated from Havergal College and the Ontario College of Art & Design as a Graphic designer and was married to the late author Farley Mowat.[1][2] The couple divided their time between Ontario, and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Mowat began writing memoirs in the 1960s, leading in 1983 to her first book The Outport People,[2] about the five years she and husband Farley spent at the start of their marriage in the outport Newfoundland community of Burgeo.[3] Her second book Pomp and Circumstances (1989) arose from witnessing protocol behind the scenes at the Governor General's residence Rideau Hall in Ottawa.[2] A 2005 memoir Travels with Farley, describes the couple's life in the Magdalen Islands, following the still-birth of their only child.[3] She has also written a trilogy of young adult fiction: The Girl from Away (1992), The French Isles (1994) and Last Summer in Louisbourg (1998).