Portrait
File No. 004746 · Adjudicated
Mordecai Richler
Author — The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Barney's Version, St. Urbain's Horseman
Born
1931
Birthplace
MONTREAL, QUEBEC
Citizenships
CA
Canadianness Score
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
5.0/ 5
Weighted across 2 scored criteria
Designation
Bleeds Maple Syrup 🍁Born, raised, and still says “out for a rip” unironically.
Scorecard
Path A — born on Canadian soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — yes
MONTREAL, QUEBEC
Canadian parentage — not scored
Both parents Canadian
Citizenship on record — not scored
Automatic by birth
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Quebec
Lived in Canada by choice — not scored
Residency on record as an adult
Worked or filmed in Canada — not scored
Credits filed north of the 49th
III. Cultural evidence — not scored
Section III is recorded for the file only. Birth on Canadian soil already settles the matter.
Publicly claims to be Canadian — not scored
Says so, out loud
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically
Fun fact
His novel The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz is considered one of the most important Canadian novels of the 20th century and was made into a film starring Richard Dreyfuss.
The verdict
Born in Montreal's Mile End, died in Montreal, buried in Montreal, and spent his entire literary career chronicling Montreal's Jewish community with razor-sharp wit. Even his two decades in London couldn't shake the city out of his bones — he came home to write and stayed put.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
Related files
More from the files: Quebec · Bleeds Maple Syrup 🍁
References — en.wikipedia.org