Carl Sandburg
Carl August Sandburg 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).
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Galesburg
- Educated at
- Lombard College
- Awards
- 🏆 Presidential Medal of Freedom🏆 Grammy Awards🏆 Pulitzer Prize for History🏆 Robert Frost Medal🏆 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"Life is like an onion; you peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep."
"A man must find time for himself. Time is what we spend our lives with. If we are not careful we find others spending it for us. . . . It is necessary now and then for a man to go away by himself and …"
"A baby is God's opinion that life should go on. A book that does nothing to you is dead. A baby, whether it does anything to you, represents life. If a bad fire should break out in this house and I ha…"
"The United States is, not are. The Civil War was fought over a verb. Orval Faubus don't know that. But he gonna know, he gonna know."
"I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way."
"Tell me if the lovers are losers... tell me if any get more than the lovers."
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Timeline
1878
Born
Birth1967
Died
Death
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