Herb Caen

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Herb Caen was a Pulitzer Prize–winning San Francisco newspaper columnist renowned for his witty, influential daily columns that helped define the city’s cultural identity for decades.

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instanceOf Pulitzer Prize winner
human
journalist
activeYearsEnd 1990s
activeYearsStart 1930s
awardReceived George Polk Award NERFINISHED
Pulitzer Prize (special award) for his columns NERFINISHED
Pulitzer Prize Special Citation NERFINISHED
burialPlace San Francisco, California, United States NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath lung cancer
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1916-04-03
dateOfDeath 1997-02-01
describedAs "Mr. San Francisco" NERFINISHED
"voice of San Francisco"
employer San Francisco Chronicle NERFINISHED
San Francisco Examiner NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans NERFINISHED
familyName Caen NERFINISHED
fullName Herbert Eugene Caen NERFINISHED
genre column
journalism
givenName Herbert
hasChild Christopher Caen NERFINISHED
knownFor coining and popularizing the term "beatnik"
long-running three-dot journalism style
popularizing the nickname "Baghdad by the Bay" for San Francisco
languageOfWorkOrName English
nickname Herb NERFINISHED
notableFor chronicling life in San Francisco
influencing San Francisco’s cultural identity
notableWork daily column in the San Francisco Chronicle
occupation author
columnist
journalist
placeOfBirth Sacramento, California, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath San Francisco, California, United States NERFINISHED
religion Judaism
residence San Francisco, California, United States NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spouse Carol Vernier NERFINISHED
Evelyn Wells NERFINISHED
Madeleine Dimitroff NERFINISHED
workLocation San Francisco, California, United States NERFINISHED
writingStyle humorous
observational
witty

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Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California, United States hasNotableBurial Herb Caen
subject surface form: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
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