Mordecai Richler (1931–2001)
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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 mostrar más 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) mostrar menos
Series
Obras de Mordecai Richler
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz [1974 film] — Screenwriter/Original novel — 7 copias
The Art of Kissing [short story] 2 copias
Robertson Davies 2 copias
Life at the Top [1965 film] — Screenwriter — 2 copias
Jacob Two-Two in Gefahr. 1 copia
Richler Mordecai 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Contribuidor — 452 copias
Counterpoints: 25 Years of The New Criterion on Culture and the Arts (2007) — Contribuidor — 48 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Richler, Mordecai
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1931-01-27
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2001-07-03
- Lugar de sepultura
- Mount Royal Cemetery, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Canada
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Causa de fallecimiento
- cancer
- Lugares de residencia
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
London, England, UK
Paris, France - Educación
- Baron Byng High School
Sir George Williams College - Ocupaciones
- novelist
screenwriter
essayist - Relaciones
- Richler, Daniel (son)
Richler, Jacob (son)
Richler, Emma (daughter)
Richler, Noah (son)
Richler, Martha (daughter)
Rosenberg, Leah (mother) - Organizaciones
- Impure Wool Society (1995)
- Premios y honores
- Order of Canada (Companion, 2001)
CBA Libris Award (Author of the Year, 1998)
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Favourite Books (1)
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- Obras
- 45
- También por
- 14
- Miembros
- 8,248
- Popularidad
- #2,930
- Valoración
- 3.8
- Reseñas
- 130
- ISBNs
- 369
- Idiomas
- 14
- Favorito
- 25