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- Born
- 1914
- Died
- 1998
- Works
- 21
Top works
- How I spent my summer holidays
- An evening with W.O. Mitchell
- The black bonspiel of Willie MacCrimmon
- The black bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon
- The devil's instrument
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Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada
William Ormond Mitchell, PC OC (March 13, 1914 – February 25, 1998) was a Canadian writer and broadcaster. His "best-loved" novel is Who Has Seen the Wind (1947), which portrays life on the Canadian Prairies from the point of view of a small boy and sold almost a million copies in Canada. As a broadcaster, he is known for his radio series Jake and the Kid, which aired on CBC Radio between 1950…
Known for
- Darts in the Dark: An Introduction to W.O. Mitchell — Self1980
- W.O. Mitchell: Novelist in Hiding — Self1980
- Telescope — Self1963
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Mitchell
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Weyburn
- Place of death
- Calgary
- Occupation
- editing staff
- Educated at
- University of Manitoba
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- radio broadcasting
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- date of birth
- 1914-03-13
- date of death
- 1998-02-25
- cause of death
- prostate cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
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