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Mordecai Richler as a young child, circa 1930s

Mordecai Richler as a young child, circa 1930s
Courtesy of the Mordecai Richler Collection, University of Calgary Special Collections

Row of houses, St. Urbain Street, Montreal, circa 1931

Row of houses, St. Urbain Street, Montreal, circa 1931
Notman Photographic Archives
McCord Museum of Canadian History, Montreal VIEW-24982

1931
Born January 27, in modest circumstances
to a Jewish family in Montreal.

1951
Goes to Europe and begins to write.

1954
Marries Cathy Boudreau. They divorce four years later.

1959
Publishes his fourth novel, The Apprenticeship
of Duddy Kravitz
, to critical acclaim.

1960
Marries Florence Mann, with whom he has
five children.

1972
Returns to live in Montreal to be closer to his
source of inspiration.

1992
Publishes an attack on Quebec nationalism
in Oh Canada! Oh Quebec!: Requiem for a
Divided Country
, which sparks a storm of anger
in his native province.

1997
Publishes his masterwork, Barney's Version,
winner of the Giller Prize, the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, and the
Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Novel
(Caribbean and Canada).

2001
Dies on July 3 in Montreal.


Mordecai Richler, circa 1950s

Mordecai Richler, circa 1950s
Courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives

Mordecai Richler with Aislin and cartoon of Jacques Parizeau, 1996

Mordecai Richler with Aislin and cartoon of Jacques Parizeau, 1996
Aislin, The Gazette (Montreal)

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