Beloved Canadian Writer William O. Mitchell Dies From: The Washington Post | Date: February 28, 1998 | Copyright 1998 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

William Ormond Mitchell, 83, whose novels and radio plays evoked the slow ebb and flow of life on the Canadian prairies and made him one of Canada's best-loved writers, died Feb. 25 at his home. He had prostate cancer.

He published his first novel, "Who Has Seen the Wind," in 1947. The book, now on school reading lists across Canada, tells of a boy on the prairies coming to grips with birth, death, justice and faith. During the early 1950s, he wrote a series of radio dramas for t...

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