A Short Bio Of W. O. Mitchell

Name: William Ormand Mitchell

Date of Birth: March 13, 1914

Place of Birth: Weyburn, Saskatchewan

Date of Death: February 25, 1998

Genres: Novels, short stories, plays

Best-Known Works: Who Has Seen The Wind (1947)
Jake and the Kid (1974)

These two novels captured the essence of Prairie life in the early part of the 20th century.

Other notable works include:

The Kite (1962)
The Devil's Instrument (1973 play)
The Vanishing Point (1973)
The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon (1974 play, 1993 book)
Back to Beulah (1978 play)
How I Spent My Summer Holidays (1981)
Since Daisy Creek (1984)
Ladybug, Ladybug (1988)
According to Jake and the Kid (1989)
Roses are Difficult Here (1990)
For Art's Sake: A New Novel (1992)
An Evening with W.O. Mitchell (1997)

Awards: Several honorary degrees; the Stephen Leacock Award for According to Jake and the Kid (1989)

Academic Career: Professor of Creative Writing and Writer-In-Residence at a number of Canadian universities sucha s the University of Calgary, the University of Windsor, the University of Alberta, and the Banff Centre, where he was the Director of the writing division.

For Further Information: W. O. Mitchell Theme Page

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