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Mordecai Richler

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Mordecai Richler · Arts & Literature

What

Canadian novelist ('The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz')

When

1931, Montreal, Quebec, Canada — 2001, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Where

Canada · United Kingdom

Biography

Mordecai Richler is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Canadian novelist ('The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz')

How & why

Mordecai Richler was a Canadian Jewish novelist and essayist whose satirical fiction, most famously 'The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz' and 'Barney's Version', drew on the Jewish immigrant world of Montreal's Mile End. He grew up in an Orthodox family and became one of Canada's foremost writers.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature

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Contributions & Sources

Canadian novelist ('The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz')

1931

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature