W.O. Mitchell

Awards

Won 1 Officer of the Order of Canada Award

Officer of the Order of Canada 1 won

• ★ — Officer of the Order of Canada Won

Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour 1 won

• ★ 1962 Humour Won

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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.