Carl Sandburg

Carl Sandburg

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Writing

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    1878-01-06

  • Day of Death

    1967-07-22 (89 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    Galesburg, Illinois, USA

Biography

Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor. He won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. During his lifetime, Sandburg was widely regarded as "a major figure in contemporary literature", especially for volumes of his collected verse, including Chicago Poems (1916), Cornhuskers (1918), and Smoke and Steel (1920).

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