Mordecai Richler

Active - 1959 - 2010  |   Birth - Jan 27, 1931  |   Death - Jul 3, 2001  |   Genres - Drama, Comedy, Romance, Comedy Drama, Crime | Subgenres - Comedy Drama, Heist Film

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Mordecai Richler was a Canadian writer. His best known works are The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1959) and Barney's Version (1997). His 1970 novel St. Urbain's Horseman and 1989 novel Solomon Gursky Was Here were shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He is also well known for the Jacob Two-Two children's fantasy series. In addition to his fiction, Richler wrote numerous essays about the Jewish community in Canada, and about Canadian and Quebec nationalism. Richler's Oh Canada! Oh Quebec! (1992), a collection of essays about nationalism and anti-Semitism, generated considerable controversy.

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