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Morley Torgov
Canadian novelist, humorist and lawyer (born 1927) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Morley Torgov CM (born 3 December 1927) is a Canadian novelist, humorist and lawyer. He was a partner in the Toronto-based legal firm Olch, Torgov, Cohen LLP.
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Torgov was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He wrote for The Sault Daily Star as a columnist and reporter from 1941 to 1943. Torgov has credited his experience writing for the newspaper for helping him learn to write creatively.[1]
He studied law in Toronto at Osgoode Hall, formally becoming a lawyer in 1954.
Torgov has written and published eight books. His first, A Good Place To Come From, a collection of short stories based on his experiences and Jewish up-bringing in depression-era Sault Ste. Marie was published in 1974. The book was made into a three episode TV series that aired on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in March 1980.[2][3]
His 1982 novel The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick was adapted into the 1988 film of the same name.[4]
Torgov is the father of actress and artist Sarah Torgov.[5]
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Honours
Torgov received an honorary doctor of letters from Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie in 1990.[6] In 1990, Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario awarded him an honorary doctor of letters.[7]
In 2015, Torgov was named a member of the Order of Canada[8] for his contributions to Canadian literature as a humourist and storyteller.[9]
Awards and recognition
- 1975: winner, Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, A Good Place to Come From[10]
- 1978: finalist, Books in Canada First Novel Award, The Abramsky Variations
- 1983: winner, Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick[11]
Bibliography
- 1974: A Good Place to Come From (Lester and Orpen Dennys) ISBN 0-919630-66-9
- 1977: The Abramsky Variations (Lester and Orpen Dennys) ISBN 0-919630-80-4
- 1982: The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (Lester and Orpen Dennys) ISBN 0-919630-29-4, paperback ISBN 1-55192-548-6, Seal paperback ISBN 0-7704-2431-7
- 1990: St Farb's Day (Lester and Orpen Dennys) ISBN 0-88619-333-8
- 1998: The War to End All Wars (Malcolm Lester) ISBN 1-894121-06-6
- 2002: Stickler and Me (Raincoast) ISBN 1-55192-546-X
- 2008: Murder in A-major (RendezVous Crime) ISBN 1-894917-65-0
- 2012: The Mastersinger from Minsk (Dundurn) ISBN 978-1-4597-0203-5
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