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Mordecai Richler

1931 - 2001

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Mordecai Richler (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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mordecai Richler has received more than 525,691 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Mordecai Richler is the 3,674th most popular writer (down from 3,596th in 2019), the 241st most popular biography from Canada (down from 236th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Canadian Writer.

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  • 530k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mordecai Richler ranks 3,674 out of 5,755. Before him are Georgette Heyer, Yevgeny Petrov, Stevan Sremac, Dorothe Engelbretsdatter, Alexandru Macedonski, and E. B. White. After him are Bernard-Marie Koltès, Fernán Caballero, Karel Teige, Robert Fisk, Petko Slaveykov, and Anita Lasker-Wallfisch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Mordecai Richler ranks 257. Before him are Ram Dass, Gene Wolfe, León Febres Cordero, Kenny Burrell, Sakyo Komatsu, and Michel Deville. After him are Dorothy Stang, Phil Woods, Donald Barthelme, Walter Taibo, Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, and Robert Stephens. Among people deceased in 2001, Mordecai Richler ranks 162. Before him are Donella Meadows, Paul Magloire, Ernst Baier, Aldo Olivieri, William Masters, and Bernard Heuvelmans. After him are Gordon R. Dickson, Javier Urruticoechea, Eileen Heckart, Ardito Desio, Robert W. Floyd, and Trịnh Công Sơn.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Mordecai Richler ranks 241 out of 1,350. Before him are Gordon Thomson (1945), Mark Robson (1913), Louis St. Laurent (1882), Louis Jolliet (1645), Jon Vickers (1926), and Jacques Villeneuve (1953). After him are James Craig Watson (1838), Brian Orser (1961), Gordon R. Dickson (1923), Patrick J. Adams (1981), Anne Hébert (1916), and Harry Saltzman (1915).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Mordecai Richler ranks 13. Before him are David Morrell (1943), Shulamith Firestone (1945), David Shore (1959), Marie-Claire Blais (1939), Gabrielle Roy (1909), and Naomi Klein (1970). After him are Gordon R. Dickson (1923), Anne Hébert (1916), Harold Russell (1914), Steven Erikson (1959), Anne Carson (1950), and Robin Sharma (1965).

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