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- Mordecai Richler was born on January 27, 1931 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was a writer and actor, known for The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974), Barney's Version (2010) and Fun with Dick and Jane (2005). He was married to Florence Wood and Catherine Boudreau. He died on July 3, 2001 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
- SpousesFlorence Wood(1961 - July 3, 2001) (his death, 5 children)Catherine Boudreau(August 1954 - 1959) (divorced)Catherine Boudreau(1954 - ?) (divorced)
- Canadian-Jewish novelist and essayist, the son of a scrap yard dealer. Worked briefly at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1952, before moving to London in 1954, where he published seven of his ten novels. He also worked as a journalist. Most of his novels deal with the conflict between Jew and Gentile.
- He was awarded the C.C. (Companion of the Order of Canada) on December 15, 2000 for his services to Canadian Literature.
- Wherever I travel, I'm too late. The orgy has moved elsewhere.
- I don't hold with shamans, witch doctors, or psychiatrists. Shakespeare, Tolstoy, or even Dickens, understood more about the human condition than ever occurred to any of you. You overrated bunch of charlatans deal with the grammar of human problems, and the writers I've mentioned with the essence.
- This is an age of scientific wonders. You miss somebody so you pick up the phone to say hello. Three minutes for sixty-five cents. Nobody goes broke.
- So far as one can generalize, the most gracious, cultivated, and innovative people in this country are French Canadians. Certainly they have given us the most exciting politicians of our time: Trudeau, Lévesque. Without them, Canada would be an exceedingly boring and greatly diminished place.
- I was a voracious reader, but you would be mistaken if you took that as evidence of my quality.
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