Claire Mowat
| Claire Angel Mowat | |
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| Born |
February 5, 1933 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Education | Graphic designer |
| Alma mater |
Havergal College Ontario College of Art & Design |
| Period | 1983 – present |
| Genres | Memoir, Young-adult fiction |
| Notable work(s) | The Outport People |
| Spouse(s) | Farley Mowat |
| Relative(s) | Sir Oliver Mowat |
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Claire Angel Mowat (born 5 February 1933)[1] is a Canadian writer.
Personal life
Mowat was born and educated in Toronto, Ontario. She graduated from Havergal College and the Ontario College of Art & Design as a Graphic designer and is married to author Farley Mowat.[1][2] The couple split their time between Port Hope, Ontario, and the Cape Breton community of River Bourgeois, Nova Scotia.[3]
Career
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][4] 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: A Memoir describes the couple's life in the Magdalen Islands, following the still-birth of their only child.[3][4] 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).
Selected bibliography
- Mowat, Claire A (1983). The Outport People. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. ISBN 978-0-7710-6549-1. OCLC 9810546.
- Mowat, Claire A (1989). Pomp and Circumstances. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. ISBN 978-0-7710-6548-4. OCLC 19514006.
- Mowat, Claire A (1992). The Girl from Away. Illustrated by Malcolm Cullen. Toronto: Key Porter Books. ISBN 978-1-55013-428-5. OCLC 30359003.
- Mowat, Claire A (1994). The French Isles. Illustrated by Huntley Brown. Toronto: Key Porter Books. ISBN 978-1-55013-591-6. OCLC 30667474.
- Mowat, Claire A (1998). Last Summer in Louisbourg. Toronto: Key Porter Books. ISBN 978-1-55013-941-9. OCLC 37993166.
- Mowat, Claire A (2005). Travels with Farley. Toronto: Key Porter Books. ISBN 978-1-55263-714-2. OCLC 60416207.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mowat, Claire". The William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections. McMaster University. 2006-12-08. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Claire Mowat". Writers' Union of Canada. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Travels with Farley: A Memoir". Biography & Autobiography. Key Porter Books. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Robertson, Patricia (2009-04-07). "Claire Mowat, Farley's Boswell". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2009-07-11. [Originally published 2005-10-15].
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