Carl Sandburg Biography

Carl Sandburg biography

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NAME: Carl August Sandburg
OCCUPATION: Journalist, Author, Poet
BIRTH DATE: January 06, 1878
DEATH DATE: July 22, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH: Galesburg, Illinois

PLACE OF DEATH: Flat Rock, North Carolina

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American poet Carl Sandburg was also a folklorist, novelist and historian. He won a Pulitzer Prize for the book Abraham Lincoln: The War Years.

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Carl Sandburg was born on January 6, 1878, in Galesburg, Illinois. He fought in the Spanish-American War. In 1913, he moved to Chicago to work as a journalist. In 1914, his poetry was published in Poetry magazine. His well-recieved free verse poetry focused on American workers. He also collected folksongs into books and wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning biography about Abraham Lincoln.

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