WRITER

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 562,399 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Mordecai Richler is the 4,326th most popular writer (down from 3,661st in 2019), the 297th most popular biography from Canada (down from 241st in 2019) and the 18th most popular Canadian Writer.

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Notable Works

The Street
Social life and customs, Jews, Canadian Novelists
1969
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Jews, Jewish family life
The younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz yearns to make a name for himself in society. This film chronicles his short and dubious rise to power, as well as his changing relationships with family and friends. Along the way the film explores the themes of anti-semitism and the responsibilities which come with adulthood. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz is the story of a young Jewish man from Montreal who learns lessons in life from a series of people who serve as his mentors. As their apprentice, he is given the opportunity to observe their lives and learn from them, and as he does, he carves a course for a life he believes will bring him power and money.
1959
St. Urbain's horseman
1966
Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang
Brothers, isters, Fiction
***The delightful adventures of an ordinary boy condemned to the dreaded dungeon ''From which no brat returns!''*** Poor Jacob Two-Two. Not only must he say everything twice just to be heard over his four brothers and sisters, but when he inadvertently insults a grown up, he is exiled to Slimers' Isle - and soon finds himself the prisoner of the dreaded Hooded Fang. ***Although he's small, Jacob is not helpless, especially when The Infamous Two come to his aid.*** Selected by The New York Times as one of the Outstanding Books of the Year***--BackCover of the Bantam Skylark 6th printing edition, Feb '79***
1975
Cocksure
It was outright satire at the time it was written. Now, I'm inclined to think it was more of a forecast of the society we see being created.
1968
The incomparable Atuk
Eskimos, Fiction, Poets
1963

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mordecai Richler ranks 4,326 out of 7,302. Before him are Ivanka Trump, Philip Arthur Fisher, Robin Sharma, Mike Resnick, Lygia Fagundes Telles, and Louise-Victorine Ackermann. After him are Herbert Achternbusch, Dorothee Sölle, Franciszek Karpiński, Orhan Kemal, Winston Graham, and Helen Prejean.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Mordecai Richler ranks 314. Before him are Ichirō Nagai, Gavin MacLeod, Bernard Panafieu, Yuriy Voynov, Mario Tronti, and Ivan Toplak. After him are Jean Philippe, Kenneth H. Cooper, Viktor Tsaryov, Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Ahmed Laraki, and Janwillem van de Wetering. Among people deceased in 2001, Mordecai Richler ranks 198. Before him are Anne Haney, Vasily Abaev, Arturo Uslar Pietri, John C. Lilly, Nam Sung-yong, and Robert W. Floyd. After him are Alberto Gallardo, Joe Henderson, Burkhard Heim, Mario Perazzolo, Yuri Ozerov, and Juan Acuña.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Mordecai Richler ranks 297 out of 1,622. Before him are George Hodgson (1893), Sunny Leone (1981), Terry Jacks (1944), Katherine DeMille (1911), Robert Borden (1854), and Robin Sharma (1965). After him are Michael Ignatieff (1947), Shyla Stylez (1982), Alexander Knox (1907), John Ireland (1914), Michel Brault (1928), and Kim Coates (1958).

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Among WRITERS In Canada

Among writers born in Canada, Mordecai Richler ranks 18. Before him are Louise Penny (1958), David Shore (1959), Gordon R. Dickson (1923), Anne Hébert (1916), Marie-Claire Blais (1939), and Robin Sharma (1965). After him are Laurence J. Peter (1919), Duncan Regehr (1952), Émile Nelligan (1879), Nancy Huston (1953), Steven Erikson (1959), and Michel Tremblay (1942).

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