Carl Sandburg | |
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 Portrait of Sandburg in 1923 | |
| Born | Carl Sandberg[1] January 6, 1878 Galesburg, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | July 22, 1967 (aged 89) Flat Rock, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Occupation | Journalist, author |
| Education | Lombard College (non-graduate) |
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| Military Service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service | U.S. Army |
| Years of service | 1898 |
| Rank | Private |
| Unit | 6th Illinois Infantry |
| Battles / wars | Spanish–American War • Puerto Rico |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Edward Steichen (brother-in-law) George Crile Jr. (son-in-law) Mary Calderone (niece) |
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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).[2] He enjoyed "unrivaled appeal as a poet in his day, perhaps because the breadth of his experiences connected him with so many strands of American life".[3] When he died in 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson observed that "Carl Sandburg was more than the voice of America, more than the poet of its strength and genius. He was America."[4]
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- ^ Heitman, Danny (March–April 2013). "A Workingman's Poet". Humanities. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
- ^ Callahan, North (October 1, 1990). Carl Sandburg: His Life and Works. Pennsylvania State University Press. p. 233. ISBN 978-0271004860. Retrieved January 7, 2015.