Mordecai Richler

Mordecai Richler
Richler in the 1960s
Born(1931-01-27)January 27, 1931
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
DiedJuly 3, 2001(2001-07-03) (aged 70)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Resting placeMount Royal Cemetery
EducationBaron Byng High School
Alma materSir George Williams University
OccupationWriter
Spouses
Catherine Boudreau
(m. 1954, divorced)
Florence Isabel Mann (née Wood)
(m. 1961⁠–⁠2001)
Children

Mordecai Richler CC (January 27, 1931 – July 3, 2001) 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 nominated for the Booker Prize. He is also well known for the Jacob Two-Two fantasy series for children. 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.