QuickFacts on late author Mordecai Richler
Posted Jan 29, 2015 04:05:03 AM.
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MONTREAL – Some facts about writer Mordecai Richler, the late author who is meant to be honoured with a refurbished gazebo in Montreal:
Born: In Montreal on Jan. 27, 1931
Died: In Montreal, July 3, 2001
Spouse: Florence Richler
Famous works: “The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz,” “St. Urbain’s Horseman,” “Joshua Then And Now,” “Barney’s Version.”
Quote: ”They seem to be in disarray and quarrelling and ill-tempered and the more ill-tempered they are, the happier I am.” — Richler speaking about Quebec’s pro-Yes sovereigntists in October 1995, just a few weeks before the province’s referendum.
