| LC control no. | n 50036752 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR9199.3.M54 |
| Personal name heading | Mitchell, W. O. (William Ormond), 1914-1998 |
| Variant(s) | Mitchell, William Ormond, 1914-1998 |
| Associated country | Canada |
| Birth date | 1914-03-13 |
| Death date | 1998-02-25 |
| Place of birth | Weyburn (Sask.) |
| Place of death | Calgary (Alta.) |
| Affiliation | Order of Canada |
| Profession or occupation | Novelists Dramatists |
| Found in | His Who has seen the wind, 1947. His How I spent my summer holidays, c1981: t.p. (W. O. Mitchell) Can CIP (Mitchell, W. O. (William Ormond), 1914-) Milne, C. W.O. Mitchell country, c1999: jacket (d. Feb. 1998) Mitchell, Barbara. Mitchell, c2005: t.p. verso (Can. CIP hdg.: Mitchell, W. O. (William Ormond), 1914-1998) Canadian encyclopedia online, viewed 5 October 2016 Mitchell, W.O. (William Ormond Mitchell; novelist, dramatist; b at Weyburn, Sask 13 Mar 1914; d at Calgary 25 Feb 1998; spent his childhood in Weyburn, but moved to Florida when he was 12 to aid in recovery from tuberculosis, returning to Canada in 1931; studied at the University of Manitoba and the University of Alberta; in 1944, after teaching for 2 years, moved to High River, Alta, remaining until 1968, except for 1948-1951, when he was a fiction editor at Maclean's; from 1968 to 1987, he had various residencies throughout the country, and thereafter lived in Calgary; became a Member of the Order of Canada in 1973, received the Stephen Leacock Award in 1989, became an honorary Member of the Privy Council in 1992; after his death, the W.O. Mitchell Literary Prize was established for an individual who has produced a substantial body of work and who has acted as a mentor to new writers) Wikipedia, viewed 5 October 2016: W.O. Mitchell (William Ormond Mitchell, PC, OC, better known as W.O. Mitchell; March 13, 1914-February 25, 1998; Canadian writer and broadcaster; studied psychology and philosophy at the University of Manitoba and then completed his BA and a teaching certificate at the University of Alberta in 1943; in 1942, while teaching high school, his first works were published; served as professor of creative writing and writer-in-residence at several Canadian universities and was the director of the Banff Centre's writing division; in 1973, made an officer of the Order of Canada, on November 5, 1992, was sworn in as a Member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, in 2000, honoured with his image on a postage stamp) Amicus database, viewed 5 October 2016 (authorized access point: Mitchell, W. O. (William Ormond), 1914-1998) |
| National bib agency no. | 0100L5251E |
| Associated language | eng |
| Quality code | nlc |
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