Editing Mordecai Richler (section)

==Awards and recognition==
* 1969 [[Governor General's Award]] for ''Cocksure'' and ''Hunting Tigers Under Glass''.
* 1972 Governor General's Award for ''St. Urbain's Horseman''.
* 1975 [[Writers Guild of America Award]] for Best Comedy for screenplay of ''The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz''.
* 1976 Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award: ''Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang''.
* 1976 Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Award for ''Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang''.
* 1990 [[Commonwealth Writers Prize]] for ''Solomon Gursky was Here''
* 1995 Mr. Christie's Book Award (for the best English book age 8 to 11) for ''Jacob Two-Two's First Spy Case''.
* 1997 The [[Giller Prize]] for ''Barney's Version''.
* 1998 Canadian Booksellers Associations "Author of the Year" award.
* 1998 Stephen Leacock Award for Humour for ''Barney's Version''
* 1998 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book (Canada & Caribbean region) for ''Barney's Version''
* 1998 The [[QSPELL Award]] for ''Barney's Version''.
* 2000 Honorary Doctorate of Letters, [[McGill University]], Montreal, Quebec.
* 2000 Honorary Doctorate, [[Bishop's University]], Lennoxville, Quebec.
* 2001 [[Companion of the Order of Canada]]
* 2004 Number 98 on the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]'s television show about great Canadians, ''[[The Greatest Canadian]]''
* 2004 ''[[Barney's Version (novel)|Barney's Version]]'' was chosen for inclusion in [[Canada Reads|Canada Reads 2004]], championed by author [[Zsuzsi Gartner]].
* 2006 ''[[Cocksure]]'' was chosen for inclusion in [[Canada Reads|Canada Reads 2006]], championed by actor and author [[Scott Thompson (comedian)|Scott Thompson]]
* 2011 Richler posthumously received a star on [[Canada's Walk of Fame]] and was inducted at the [[Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres|Elgin Theatre]] in Toronto.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/news/press-release-canadas-walk-fame-announces-2011-inductees|title=Press Release: Canada's Walk of Fame Announces the 2011 Inductees|date=June 28, 2011|access-date=June 28, 2011|publisher=Canada's Walk of Fame|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710002641/http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/news/press-release-canadas-walk-fame-announces-2011-inductees|archive-date=July 10, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* 2011 In the same month he was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame, the [[City of Montreal]] announced that a [[gazebo]] in [[Mount Royal Park]] would be refurbished and named in his honour. The structure overlooks [[Jeanne-Mance Park]], where Richler played in his youth.<ref name=Peritz>{{cite news|last=Peritz|first=Ingrid|title=Mordecai Richler to be honoured with gazebo on Mount Royal|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/quebec/mordecai-richler-to-be-honoured-with-gazebo-on-mount-royal/article2073645/|access-date=December 25, 2011|newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]]|date=June 24, 2011}}</ref>
* 2015 Richler was given his due as a "citizen of honour" in the city of Montreal. The Mile End Library, in the neighbourhood he portrayed in ''The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz'', was given his name.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-at-last-a-richler-library |title=Editorial: At last, a Richler library |publisher=Montrealgazette.com |date=2015-03-12 |access-date=2015-05-15}}</ref>