Artist · United States

1909 to 2001

Work

“cartoonist”

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Born1909
Born inChicago
CountryUnited States
Alsoartist
Died2001
Died inWashington

Herblock.

cartoonist · artist

United States, 1909 to 2001

In short

Herbert Lawrence Block, commonly known as Herblock (October 13, 1909, October 7, 2001), 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 (1942, 1954, and 1979), and shared a fourth in 1973 for Public Service on Watergate. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1994), the National Cartoonist Society Editorial Cartoon Award in 1957 and 1960, the Reuben Award in 1956, the Gold Key Award (the National Cartoonists Society Hall of Fame) in 1979, and numerous other honors.

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Born
1909, Chicago
Died
2001, Washington, D.C.
Citizenship
United States
Work
cartoonist, artist, visual artist, caricaturist
Career

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Lifetime

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