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Homage to Mordecai Richler – Laurier at Saint-Laur…

12 Jun 2019

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Mordecai Richler (January 27, 1931 – July 3, 2001) was a Canadian writer. His best known works are The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1959) and Barney’s Version (1997). His 1970 novel St. Urbain’s Horseman and 1989 novel Solomon Gursky Was Here were shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He is also well known for the Jacob Two-Two children’s fantasy series. In addition to his fiction, Richler wrote numerous essays about the Jewish community in Canada, and about Canadian and Quebec nationalism. Richler’s Oh Canada! Oh Quebec! (1992), a collection of essays about nationalism and anti-Semitism, generated considerable controversy.

Laurier and Saint-Laurent – Montréal, Québec

Jonathan Cohen

19 Oct 2010

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In 1905, the town of Saint-Louis-du-Mile-End built for itself a majestic town hall on the northwest corner of Saint-Laurent and what is now Laurier Avenue. The town was annexed by the expanding city of Montreal on 29 May 1909, but the the building still serves as a fire hall and firefighters’ museum.