Mordecai Richler

Born: 27 JAN 1931 – Montreal, Quebec
Died: 03 JUL 2001 – Montreal, Quebec
Achievements: Governor-General’s Award for Cocksure in 1969 Governor-General’s Award for St. Urbain’s Horseman in 1972 Screenwriters Guild of America Award for Best Comedy for screenplay of The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz in 1974 Canadian Library Asssociation Book of the Year for Children Award for Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang in 1976 Ruth Schwartz Children’s Book Award for Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang in 1976 Mr. Christie’s Book Award for the best English book age 8 to 11 for Jacob Two-Two’s First Spy Case in 1995
Works: The Acrobats (1954) Son of a Smaller Hero (1955) A Choice of Enemies (1957) The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1959) The Incomparable Atuk (1963) Cocksure (1968) Hunting Tigers Under Glass (1968) The Street (1969) St. Urbain’s Horseman (1971) Shovelling Trouble (1972) Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1975) The Great Comic Book Heroes, and Other Essays (1978) Joshua Then and Now (1980) Home Sweet Home: My Canadian Album (1984) Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur (1985) Solomon Gursky Was Here (1989) Oh Canada! Oh Quebec! Requiem for a Divided Country (1992) This Year in Jerusalem (1994) Jacob Two-Two’s First Spy Case (1995) Barney’s Version (1998) Belling The Cat (1998)