{"personal_name": "Mordecai Richler", "bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Mordecai Richler was a Canadian writer. His best known works are *The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz* (1959) and *Barney's Version* (1997). He is also well known for the Jacob Two-Two fantasy series for children. 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. *-- Wikipedia*"}, "remote_ids": {"isni": "0000000122832893", "viaf": "97277621", "wikidata": "Q452282", "bookbrainz": "42fb2d64-51c5-4c0e-ac01-83666add7429", "musicbrainz": "14155b17-d01d-491b-83ff-17240a39c0fe", "goodreads": "114539", "imdb": "nm0725006", "lc_naf": "n79139190", "opac_sbn": "RAVV069982"}, "key": "/authors/OL52840A", "name": "Mordecai Richler", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "source_records": ["bwb:9780701138417", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2020-04-30", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2022-08-13", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2023-05-15:KJ-625-972", "ia:apprenticeshipof0000unse_c2o7", "ia:bwb_W9-BWN-667", "ia:incomparableatuk0000rich_q4c6"], "birth_date": "27 January 1931", "alternate_names": ["MORDECAI. RICHLER", "Mordecai (Text). Richler", "Richler Mordecai", "MORDECAI RICHLER", "RICHLER,MORDECAI", "mordecai richler"], "death_date": "3 July 2001", "latest_revision": 11, "revision": 11, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-01-18T21:28:00.104116"}}