Gene Weingarten
Gene Weingarten | |
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Weingarten in 2019 | |
| Born | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | New York University |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Employer | Formerly The Washington Post |
| Children | 2 |
Gene Norman Weingarten is an American journalist, and former syndicated humor columnist for The Washington Post. He is the only two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. Weingarten is known for both his serious and humorous work. Through September 2021, Weingarten's column, "Below the Beltway," was published weekly in The Washington Post magazine and syndicated nationally by The Washington Post Writers Group. Weingarten and his son Dan also write Barney & Clyde, a comic strip with illustrations by David Clark.