Awards & Winners

Mordecai Richler

Date of Birth 27-January-1931
Place of Birth Montreal
(Canada, Urban agglomeration of Montreal, Québec)
Nationality Canada
Also know as Mordecai Richler, CC
Profession Writer, Screenwriter, Essayist, Author
Mordecai Richler, CC was a Canadian author, screenwriter and essayist. A leading critic called him "the great shining star of his Canadian literary generation" and a pivotal figure in the country's history. His best known works are The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz and Barney's Version; his 1989 novel Solomon Gursky Was Here was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 1990. He was also well known for the Jacob Two-Two children's stories. In addition to his fiction, Richler wrote numerous essays about the Jewish community in Canada, and about nationalism as practised by Canadian anglophones and the francophone Québécois. Arriving as immigrants in Canada when English was the country's sole official language, the Jewish communities in Montreal - a city in the francophone province of Québec - largely acquired English, not French, as a second language after Yiddish. This later put them at odds with some in the Québec nationalist movement, which argued for French as the official language of Québec. His Oh Canada! Oh Quebec! Requiem for a Divided Country, a collection of essays about nationalism and anti-semitism, generated considerable controversy.

Awards by Mordecai Richler

Check all the awards nominated and won by Mordecai Richler.

1995


Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Juno Award for Children's Album of the Year Jacob Two Two and the Dinosaur

1990


Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Man Booker Prize Solomon Gursky Was Here

1986


Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Genie Award for Best Screenplay Joshua Then and Now

1980


Genie Award for Outstanding Screenplay
Honored for : The Wordsmith

Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Genie Award for Outstanding Screenplay The Wordsmith

1975


Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Comedy
Honored for : The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Comedy The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

1974


Nominations 1974 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

1971


Governor General's Award for English-language fiction
Honored for : St. Urbain's Horseman

Nominations 1971 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Governor General's Award for English-language fiction St. Urbain's Horseman
Man Booker Prize St. Urbain's Horseman

1968


Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction
Honored for : Cocksure, Hunting Tigers Under Glass

Nominations 1968 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction Hunting Tigers Under Glass