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Who Has Seen the Wind (novel) Who Has Seen the Wind (novel) Who Has Seen the Wind is a novel written by Canadian author W. O. Mitchell, who took the title from a famous poem by Christina Rossetti. It was first published in 1947 and has sold close to 1 million copies in Canada. "Who Has Seen the Wind" is considered to be Mitchell's best known work and is taught in a number of Canadian schools and universities. "Quill & Quire" listed "Who Has Seen the Wind" at number 7 on their list of the top 40 Canadian novels of the 20th century. "Who Has Seen