Michael Applebaum: St Urbain

Montreal History Dept: Councillors Marvin Rotrand and Michael Applebaum launched an online petition this week , asking the city to find a suitable park, street or monument to name in honour of Richler's memory, according to CBC. "For many people, they sense Montreal history in the writing." Mordecai Richler wrote several bestsellers including 'The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz' and 'St-Urbain's Horseman' Canadian Press Two Montreal councillors are lobbying to have a street named after Mordecai Richler, arguably the city's most famous literary export. "He epitomizes for many Montrealers the experience of successive groups of immigrants, particularly in the Jewish community, but others as well, who came to the city," Rotrand said. "His books bring to life the 1930s, the '40s, the '50s, particularly in the Mile-End area in the Plateau-Mont-Royal." As reported in the news.
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