Mordecai Richler (1931–2001)
Author of Barney's Version
About the Author
Novelist, journalist and screenwriter Mordecai Richler was born on January 27, 1931 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He attended Sir George Williams College for two years. He lived in Paris, Spain and England, and while in England worked as a journalist and radio and television scriptwriter. His fourth show more novel, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1959), was received with far more enthusiasm than previous efforts. He has written a number of screenplays (including Fun with Dick and Jane and the script for The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz). His awards include the Governor-General Awards, the Commonwealth Writer's Prize and the Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Award. (Bowker Author Biography) Mordecai Richler, the author of such distinguished novels as "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz," "St. Urbain's Horseman," & "Solomon Gursky Was Here," was born in Montreal in 1931. He has won the Commonwealth Prize, the Paris Review Humour Prize, & was nominated for an Academy Award for his screenplay of "Duddy Kravitz." Over the years he has contributed to "Atlantic Monthly," "GQ," "Esquire," "Harper's," "The New York Review of Books," "The New York Times Book Review," & "The New Yorker" (which will publish a portion of "On Snooker"). Richler is married & has five children; he now divides his time between winters in London & seven months at a cottage on Lake Memphremagog in Quebec. (Publisher Provided) show less
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Works by Mordecai Richler
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz [1974 film] — Screenwriter/Original novel — 7 copies
Barney's version 3 copies
Life at the Top [1965 film] — Screenwriter — 2 copies
The Art of Kissing [short story] 2 copies
Robertson Davies 2 copies
Akrobatene 1 copy
Richler Mordecai 1 copy
Associated Works
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Contributor — 447 copies
Counterpoints: 25 Years of The New Criterion on Culture and the Arts (2007) — Contributor — 48 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Richler, Mordecai
- Birthdate
- 1931-01-27
- Date of death
- 2001-07-03
- Burial location
- Mount Royal Cemetery, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Canada
- Birthplace
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Place of death
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Cause of death
- cancer
- Places of residence
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
London, England, UK
Paris, France - Education
- Baron Byng High School
Sir George Williams College - Occupations
- novelist
screenwriter
essayist - Relationships
- Richler, Daniel (son)
Richler, Jacob (son)
Richler, Emma (daughter)
Richler, Noah (son)
Richler, Martha (daughter)
Rosenberg, Leah (mother) - Organizations
- Impure Wool Society (1995)
- Awards and honors
- Order of Canada (Companion, 2001)
CBA Libris Award (Author of the Year, 1998)
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Reviews
A very impressive first novel. Set in Franco’s Spain post WW II, far from usual Richler country although several Richler characters are there. Plot somewhat impressionistic but a vivid sense of place and people.
Although I got a good start on this novel by page 140 it was wearing thin. I decided to move on to a more entertaining read.
Loved this book. My son is actually, in part, named Joshua because of it. Great movie too.
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- Works
- 47
- Also by
- 13
- Members
- 8,075
- Popularity
- #3,000
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 123
- ISBNs
- 366
- Languages
- 14
- Favorited
- 25
- Touchstones
- 297
But I cannot help loving a book that makes me wanna try cognac.
Culturally voracious, adamant about his shortcomings, generous and uncompromising, if somewhat unbearable. "Now I know. The monster was me"
Splendid - but still inferior to the very similar "Till we have faces" and "L'età dell'oro".