Newspaper Columnist. Born Herbert Eugene Caen in Sacramento, California, he entered the newspaper business shortly after his graduation from high school when he was hired as a sportswriter for the Sacramento Union. Moving to San Francisco in 1936, he was hired by the San Francisco Chronicle where he wrote a radio column until 1938, when he was given his own gossip column. First published on July 5, 1938, his column titles "It's News to Me," quickly became a staple of the newspaper and would continue to published six days a week for over fifty years until 1991, when he cut back to only five days a week. In addition to his column, he also wrote several books about San Francisco including "Baghdad-by-the-Bay" (1949), "Don't Call it Frisco (1953), and "One Man's San Francisco" (1976). In 1996 he received a special Pulitzer Prize honoring him for all of his work. Later that same year, the city of San Francisco declared June 14th as Herb Caen Day.
Newspaper Columnist. Born Herbert Eugene Caen in Sacramento, California, he entered the newspaper business shortly after his graduation from high school when he was hired as a sportswriter for the Sacramento Union. Moving to San Francisco in 1936, he was hired by the San Francisco Chronicle where he wrote a radio column until 1938, when he was given his own gossip column. First published on July 5, 1938, his column titles "It's News to Me," quickly became a staple of the newspaper and would continue to published six days a week for over fifty years until 1991, when he cut back to only five days a week. In addition to his column, he also wrote several books about San Francisco including "Baghdad-by-the-Bay" (1949), "Don't Call it Frisco (1953), and "One Man's San Francisco" (1976). In 1996 he received a special Pulitzer Prize honoring him for all of his work. Later that same year, the city of San Francisco declared June 14th as Herb Caen Day.
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