11 Facts About Richard Zimler

Richard Zimler was a Professor of Journalism at the University of Porto and College of Journalism for 16 years.

Richard Zimler's novel The Incandescent Threads was a finalist for one of the 2022 National Jewish Book Awards in the United States.

Richard Zimler received the 2009 Alberto Benveniste literary prize in France for his novel Guardian of the Dawn.

In 2009, Richard Zimler wrote and acted in The Slow Mirror, a short movie based on one of his stories.

Richard Zimler has written five novels that explore the lives of different generations and branches of a Portuguese-Jewish family, the Zarcos.

Richard Zimler has edited an anthology of short stories for which all the author's royalties go to Save the Children, the largest children's rights organization in the world.

Richard Zimler has written five children's books that have been published in Portuguese: Maria e Danilo e o Magico Perdido, Danca Quando Chegares ao Fim, Hugo e Eu e as Mangas de Marte, Se Eu Fosse and O Cao que Comia a Chuva.

In December 2018, Portuguese singer-songwriter Pedro Abrunhosa released a new album featuring a duet with American singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams for which Richard Zimler wrote the English version of the lyrics.

In March and April 2022, Richard Zimler curated an exhibition of Outsider Art done by patients of the Magalhaes Lemos Psychiatric Hospital in Porto.

Richard Zimler has lived with Portuguese scientist Alexandre Quintanilha since 1978, when they met in San Francisco, California, They were married in August 2010, when same-sex marriage was legalized in Portugal.

In June 2019, Richard Zimler wrote an op-ed article in The Observer asserting that, in March 2019, his publicist told him that two cultural organisations in Britain had lost interest in hosting an event with him to promote his new book when they learned he was Jewish.