Herblock

Cartoonist, Award Winner

1909 – 2001

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Who was Herblock?

Herbert Lawrence Block, commonly known as Herblock, was an American editorial cartoonist and author best known for his commentaries on national domestic and foreign policy.

During the course of a career stretching into nine decades, he won three Pulitzer Prizes for editorial cartooning, shared a fourth Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for Public Service on Watergate, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the National Cartoonist Society Editorial Cartoon Award in 1957 and 1960, the Reuben Award in 1956, the Gold Key Award in 1979, and numerous other honors.

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Born
Oct 13, 1909
Chicago
Also known as
  • Herbert Lawrence Block
  • Herbert Block
Parents
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • Lake Forest College
Lived in
  • Chicago
Died
Oct 7, 2001
Washington, D.C.

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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