13 Facts About Herbert Gold

Herbert Gold was born on March 9,1924, in the Cleveland suburb of Lakewood, Ohio, to a Russian Jewish family.

Herbert Gold's parents were Samuel S and Frieda Gold.

Herbert Gold's father ran a fruit store and later a grocery store.

Herbert Gold moved to New York City at age 17 after several of his poems had been accepted by New York literary magazines.

Herbert Gold's studies were interrupted when he served in the United States Army from 1943 until 1946, during World War II.

Herbert Gold won a Fulbright Scholarship and moved to Paris with his new wife Edith Zubrin, and while in Paris he finished his first novel.

Herbert Gold attended classes at the Sorbonne in Paris during his Fulbright Scholarship.

Herbert Gold finally settled in San Francisco, where he became a fixture in the literary scene.

In 1958 Herbert Gold taught English literature at Cornell University, as Vladimir Nabokov's successor.

Herbert Gold was married to writer and professor Edith Zubrin from 1948 until 1956, ending in divorce.

Herbert Gold died with Graham in a helicopter crash in 1991.

In contrast to many in the Beat Generation, Herbert Gold was a resident of San Francisco's more conservative, tourist-friendly Russian Hill neighborhood, where he lived in the same apartment for over 60 years.

Herbert Gold died there on November 19,2023, at the age of 99.