Mordecai Richler: Quick Facts

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Born	January 27, 1931 • Montreal • Canada
Died	July 3, 2001 (aged 70) • Montreal • Canada
Awards And Honors	Order of Canada (1999)
Notable Works	“Barney’s Version” • “Joshua Then and Now” • “Solomon Gursky Was Here” • “St. Urbain’s Horseman” • “The Acrobats” • “The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz” • “The Incomparable Atuk”

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