Carl Sandburg
Birth date
January 6, 1878
Death date
July 22, 1967
Place of birth
Galesburg, Illinois, USA
Profession
Writing
Age
89 years
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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).
