173:"famously tough, bad-tempered and competent." Ken Mitchell is known as an "ardent supporter of prairie culture", with many of his works depicting rural prairie Canadian living. Mitchell believes in the strength of "regional writing" and has been quoted to say, "growing up in the Prairies and gaining a perception of the world through this particular landscape has been very important to my development as a writer." He remains a self-proclaimed advocate for Canadian literature, and has been an active supporter of Canadian works being exposed in other countries.
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has seen success in Canada, England and the United States. Mitchell has travelled much of Europe and China. He currently resides in
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