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A Short Bio of Mordecai Richler
© Paula E. Kirman
Jun 8, 2001
Name: Mordecai Richler
Date of Birth: January 27, 1931
Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec
Currently Resides: He divides his time between Quebec's Eastern Townships and London, England.
Family: Son of a working class Jewish family, Richler is twice married and has five children, several of whom have literary careers.
Religion: Irreverently Jewish. His heritage makes its way into many of his novels, filled with Jewish characters and situations.
Genres: Novels, essays (journalistic), children's literature, script-writing
Awards: Two Governor General's Awards (1968, 1971); a Screenwriters Guild of America Award (1974), the Giller Prize (1997) and a Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Award (1976).
Notable Works: The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1959) - novel
St. Urbain's Horsemen (1971) - novel
Joshua Then and Now (1980) - novel
Solomon Gursky Was Here (1989) - novel
Barney's Version (1997) - novel
Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1975) - children's novel
A Year in Jerusalem (1996) - non-fiction
Of these works mentioned, he has written scripts for Duddy Kravitz (1974) and Joshua Then and Now (1985). He has also written over 300 journalistic pieces which have been collected in numerous anthologies.
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