Herb Caen
Herbert Eugene Caen was a San Francisco humorist and journalist whose daily column of local goings-on and insider gossip, social and political happenings, and offbeat puns and anecdotes—"A continuous love letter to San Francisco"—appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle for almost sixty years and made him a household name throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
Background
- Born in
- Sacramento
- Educated at
- Sacramento Charter High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"A city is where you can sign a petition, boo the chief justice, fish off a pier, gaze at a hippopotamus, buy a flower at the corner, or get a good hamburger or a bad girl at 4 a.m. A city is where sir…"
"A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew."
"The trouble with born-again Christians is that they are an even bigger pain the second time around."
"The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever, but what's wrong with that, really?"
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Timeline
1916
Born
Birth1997
Died
Death
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