Joel Yanofsky (26 September 1955 – 23 December 2020) was a Canadian novelist and literary columnist. Born in Montreal, Quebec, he grew up in the

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suburb of Chomedey, where his parents had moved from the Montreal Jewish neighbourhood around

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. Yanofsky's reviews and articles have appeared in '' The Village Voice'', '' Canadian Geographic'', ''

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'' and '' The Montreal Gazette'', among others. He earned the dubious honour of having once been evicted from the Ritz Carlton bar in Montreal in the company of

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. He was also a journalism instructor at

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. His published works include ''Jacob's Ladder'', ''Homo Erectus: And Other Popular Tales of True Romance'', and ''Mordecai and Me: An Appreciation of a Kind''. ''Mordecai and Me'' was a shortlisted nominee for the 2003

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."Literary awards announce finalists". ''

'', February 4, 2004. His book, a memoir entitled ''Bad Animals: A Father’s Accidental Education in Autism'', was inspired by the experiences with his autistic son Jonah.

References

External links

Tristan Baurick. "Mordecai & me: Journalism instructor finds passion in Montreal's most celebrated author." ''Thursday Report''. October 23, 2003.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yanofsky, Joel Anglophone Quebec people Canadian male novelists Canadian memoirists Canadian male non-fiction writers Academic staff of Concordia University Jewish Canadian writers Jewish novelists 1955 births 2020 deaths People from Laval, Quebec Writers from Montreal 21st-century Canadian male writers 21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers 21st-century memoirists 21st-century Canadian novelists