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Ken Mitchell
Ken Mitchell (born December 13, 1940) is a Canadian poet, novelist and playwright. Mitchell was raised on a rural farm outside the city of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Mitchell began his post-secondary education as a journalism student at Ryerson University, Toronto.〔Chatlesbois, G., and Nothof, A. “Ken Mitchell.” The Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. Web. 18 October 2010.〕 He later attended the University of Saskatchewan, where he received his MA in English. While attending university, Mitchell wrote both short stories and plays for the Canadian Broadcasting What Happened Corporation. After graduating in 1967, Mitchell joined the University of Saskatchewan's faculty, where he began teaching in the English department.〔Coates, D. “Ken Mitchell.” The Canadian Encyclopedia. Web. 18 October 2010.〕 Mitchell has had a notable influence in promoting Canadian literature; he took part in the founding of the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild (1969), and the Saskatchewan Playwrights Center (1982).
Mitchell is well known for his literary works depicting prairie culture. One of his most popular works ''Cruel Tears'' is “a deliberate rewriting of the story of Othello in a Prairie context” 〔Conlogue, R. “Ken Mitchell Believes in Heroes.” The Globe and Mail. Canadian Newsstand Major Dailies, 17 December 1985. Web. 13 October 2010.〕 Produced in 1974, the musical incorporates country music into its production. Although it was met with both praise and criticism from Mitchell's peers, ''Cruel Tears'' has seen success in Canada, England and the United States.〔 An Avid traveller, Mitchell has explored much of Europe and China. He currently resides in Regina, Saskatchewan, with his wife Jeanne. Mitchell has retired from the English Department at the University of Regina, but continues to write and tours as a cowboy poet.
==Early life==
Ken Mitchell is the oldest of ten siblings, raised on his parents' livestock farm in rural Saskatchewan. His parents come from Irish and Scottish descent, and on both sides his family are “farm people from the hills south of Moose Jaw.” 〔Hills, D. Voices and Visions: Interviews with Saskatchewan Writers. Regina: Couteau Books, 1985. Web. 20 October 2010.〕 Influenced by both his mother and aunt, Mitchell took an interest in literature at a young age. An avid reader, by age twelve, Mitchell was exploring works by Giovanni Boccaccio, Joseph Conrad and Charles Dickens. Although he grew up on a farm, Mitchell got a taste for city living through attending school in Moose Jaw, which “prompted () to pursue an intellectual life.” 〔
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