Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) was an American poet, biographer, and historian. Two major themes dominate his works. One is a search for the meaning of American history. The other involves his enthusiasm for the common people of the United States.
Sandburg was born on Jan. 6, 1878, in Galesburg, Illinois. He worked as a newspaper writer, mainly in Chicago, from 1912 to the late 1920’s. One of Sandburg’s best-known early poems, “Chicago” (1914), portrays the brutality and ugliness he saw in American cities. But the poem also pays tribute to the energy and power of modern industry. Sandburg presented many ballads and folk songs in The American Songbag (1927). His Complete Poems (1950) won the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. In Abraham Lincoln: The War Years (four volumes, 1939), Sandburg provided one of the fullest accounts of Lincoln’s presidency ever written. For this work, Sandburg received the 1940 Pulitzer Prize for history. He died on July 22, 1967.
Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) was an American poet, biographer, and historian. Two major themes dominate his works. One is a search for the meaning of American history. The other involves his enthusiasm for the common people of the United States.Sandburg was born on Jan. 6, 1878, in Galesburg, Illinois. He worked as a newspaper writer, mainly in Chicago, from 1912 to the late 1920’s. One of Sandburg’s best-known early poems, “Chicago” (1914), portrays the brutality and ugliness he saw in American cities. But the poem also pays tribute to the energy and power of modern industry. Sandburg presented many ballads and folk songs in The American Songbag (1927). His Complete Poems (1950) won the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. In Abraham Lincoln: The War Years (four volumes, 1939), Sandburg provided one of the fullest accounts of Lincoln’s presidency ever written. For this work, Sandburg received the 1940 Pulitzer Prize for history. He died on July 22, 1967.
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