Mordecai Richler
Screenwriter
A Canadian-born author, screenwriter, and essayist, he is best known for such novels as The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Barney's Version, and Solomon Gursky Was Here. He is also known for his Jacob Two-Two children's fiction series.
He began college in Montreal, Quebec, but dropped out at the age of nineteen to move to Paris. He later moved to London, where he wrote the majority of his novels.
His novel, Solomon Gursky Was Here, was shortlisted for the prestigious Man Booker Prize.
He married Catherine Boudreau in 1954. On the day of his wedding to Boudreau, he met Florence Mann, who would later become his second wife. With Mann, he had three sons and two daughters.
Author Alice Munro was the recipient of the Man Booker Prize, an honor for which Richler was shortlisted.