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Josh Freed

じょしゅ・ふりーど

Joshu Furīdo

Profile

Gender
Male
Nationality
カナダ, カナダ人
Languages
英語
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
Montreal

Career

Occupations
writer, director, actor, columnist
Active Years
1980-2024
Affiliations
The Gazette (Montreal)
Nominations
Nominated for three Gemini Awards, Nominated for three Writers Guild of Canada Awards, Nominated for a Genie Award

Awards

Chris Awards
Category: Best North American Current Affairs Documentary
Result: 受賞
National Newspaper Awards
1997
Category: best Canadian columnist
Result: 受賞
National Newspaper Awards
2002
Category: best Canadian columnist
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Moonwebs: Journey into the Mind of a Cult

1980 Non-fiction

Journey into the mind of a cult.

cultsbrainwashing
Adaptations
  • [Film] Ticket to Heaven (1981)

The Anglo Guide to Survival in Québec

1983 Humour
Québeclanguage

Sign Language and Other Tales of Montreal Wildlife

1990 Humour essays
Montrealdaily life

Vive le Québec Freed!

1996 Humour

Fear of Frying...and Other Fax of Life

1997 Humour

2000 Reasons to Hate the Millennium

1999 Humour

Press 1 and Pray...and Other Letters from Voice Jail

2000 Humour

Bicycle Bob and the bike revolution

2023 Non-fiction
cyclingactivism

Bibliography

  • Moonwebs: Journey into the Mind of a Cult (1980)
  • The Anglo Guide to Survival in Québec (1983)
  • Sign Language and Other Tales of Montreal Wildlife (1990)
  • Vive le Québec Freed! (1996)
  • Fear of Frying...and Other Fax of Life (1997)
  • 2000 Reasons to Hate the Millennium (1999)
  • Press 1 and Pray...and Other Letters from Voice Jail (2000)
  • Bicycle Bob and the bike revolution (2023)

Adaptations

  • Ticket to Heaven (1981, film adaptation)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
humorous column stylecolloquial
Recurring Motifs
Montreal daily lifeQuébec culturelanguage issues

Legacy

Canadian humour columnist and documentary filmmaker, winner of National Newspaper Awards.

Trivia

  • Being Jewish, he attended Protestant schools because Catholic schools did not accept Jewish students at the time.
  • Born and raised in Montreal, grew up on De L’Épée Avenue.