- Legendary columnist for San Francisco Chronicle
- Won a Pulitzer Prize.
- Shortly after the Russian launch of the Sputnik in 1958, Caen coined the term "Beatnik" to describe youths associated with the beat generation
- Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 89-90. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Won a special Pulitzer Prize in 1996 "For his extraordinary and continuing contribution as a voice and conscience of his city."
- Favorite drink was "Vitamin V" vodka martini. Many bars in San Francisco served 50 cent "Vitamin V" cocktail specials on the day of his funeral.
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