Mordecai Richler (1931- )

• born in Montreal, Quebec
• grew up in the working class area near St. Urbain Street
• left Sir George Williams University in Montreal before finishing a degree
• went to Paris, then England (1959-72)
• in London he worked as a freelance journalist and wrote scripts for radio and television, as well as for films like Life at the Top (1965)
• during his years in England he wrote: "No matter how long I live abroad, I do feel forever rooted in St. Urbain Street. That was my time, my place, and I have elected myself to get it right."
• returned to Montreal in 1972
• he now splits his time between London and the eastern townships of Quebec
• books have been translated into French, German, Hebrew, Italian, and Japanese

• Novels:
  • The Acrobats (1954)
  • Son of a Smaller Hero (1955)
  • A Choice of Enemies (1957)
  • The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1959) made into a movie (1974)
  • The Incomparable Atuk (1963)
  • Cocksure (1968), won the Governor General's award
  • St. Urbain's Horseman (1971), won the Governor General's award
  • Joshua Then and Now (1980) made into a movie (1985)
  • Solomon Gursky Was Here (1989)
  • Barney's Version (1997)
• Children's books:
  • Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1975) made into a movie (1977)
  • Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur (1987)
• autobiographical:
  Home Sweet Home (1985)
  • A year in Jerusalem (1996)
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• filmography

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