Mordecai Richler was born in Montreal, Quebec, in 1931. Raised
there in the working-class Jewish neighbourhood around St. Urbain
Street, he attended Sir George Williams College (now a part of
Concordia University). In 1951 he left Canada for Europe, settling
in London, England, in 1954. Eighteen years later, he moved back to
Montreal.
Novelist and journalist, screenwriter and editor, Richler, one of
our most acclaimed writers, spent much of his career chronicling,
celebrating, and criticizing the Montreal and the Canada of his
youth. Whether the settings of his fiction are St. Urbain Street or
European capitals, his major characters never forsake the Montreal
world that shaped them. His most frequent voice is that of the
satirist, rendering an honest account of his times with care and
humour.
Richler’s many honours include the Giller Prize, two Governor
General’s Awards, and innumerable other awards for fiction,
journalism, and screenwriting. He died in Montreal in 2001.
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