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Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 β 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). 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". 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."
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GenderMale
Birthday1878-01-06
Deathday1967-07-22 (89 years old)
Birth PlaceGalesburg, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsLitteris et Artibus, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Pulitzer Prize for History, Presidential Medal of Freedom
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