Jacob Richler

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Jacob Richler
Born
England
Occupation(s)Essayist, writer
Father Mordecai Richler
Relatives Noah Richler, brother
Martha Richler, sister
Emma Richler, sister
Daniel Richler, brother

Jacob Richler is a Canadian newspaper and magazine journalist, and the son of novelist Mordecai Richler and Florence Isabel (Wood). He was the inspiration for his father's Jacob Two-Two trilogy of children's books. [1]

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He was born in England and raised in Montreal, where he attended Selwyn House School in Westmount. [2] [3]

He was married to Globe and Mail journalist Leanne Delap, from whom he was divorced in 2005. [4]

Richler was a long-time restaurant reviewer for the National Post , known for his biting, highly critical reviewing style, though he is no longer listed under that newspaper's columnists directory and has not contributed an article to the newspaper since early 2007. Richler has also been a columnist and feature writer for Saturday Night , Financial Post Magazine and Toronto Life , as well as a contributor to GQ , Canadian Living , Fashion , Flare , Maclean's and enRoute. He also collaborated with chef Susur Lee on the book Susur: A Culinary Life. [5] Since 2015, he has been the editor-in-chief of Canada's 100 Best, a magazine that releases an annual list of 100 best restaurants in Canada. [6]

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References

  1. "Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang: Mordecai Richler Was Here", CBC News, December 16, 1976.
  2. Bedtime story for Jacob was full of promise
  3. Dark memories of the man we called 'Sir'
  4. "Packing up a place full of memories" Archived 2008-04-01 at the Wayback Machine , The Globe and Mail , December 16, 2005.
  5. Susur: A Culinary Life at Ten Speed Press.
  6. Editor's Note | Jacob Richler | Canada's 100 Best
  7. "MY CANADA INCLUDES FOIE GRAS - Jacob Richler - Penguin Books". www.penguin.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11.