Mordecai Richler - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	27-January-1931
Place of Birth	Montreal (Canada, Urban agglomeration of Montreal, QuÃ©bec)
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 QuÃ©bÃ©cois. 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 QuÃ©bec - largely acquired English, not French, as a second language after Yiddish. This later put them at odds with some in the QuÃ©bec nationalist movement, which argued for French as the official language of QuÃ©bec. 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

1961

Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada	(Fiction)

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