W.O. Mitchell
Personal information
- Known for
- Writing
- Known credits
- 9
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- March 13, 1914
- Died
- February 25, 1998
- Place of birth
- Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Also known as
- William Ormond Mitchell, PC OCWilliam Ormond MitchellWilliam MitchellW. O. Mitchell
Biography
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 and 1956 and was also about life on the Prairies.
