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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Herb Caen canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Pulitzer Prize winner
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human ⓘ journalist ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1990s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1930s ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
George Polk Award
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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"
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"voice of San Francisco" ⓘ |
| employer |
San Francisco Chronicle
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San Francisco Examiner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Caen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Herbert Eugene Caen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
column
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journalism ⓘ |
| givenName | Herbert ⓘ |
| hasChild | Christopher Caen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coining and popularizing the term "beatnik"
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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
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influencing San Francisco’s cultural identity ⓘ |
| notableWork | daily column in the San Francisco Chronicle ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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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
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Evelyn Wells NERFINISHED ⓘ Madeleine Dimitroff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | San Francisco, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
humorous
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observational ⓘ witty ⓘ |
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Cypress Lawn Memorial Park