Carl Sandburg

1878–1967 (age 89)

Poet/Author

Biography

Carl Sandburg, born in 1878, gave voice to the American experience through poetry, biography, and journalism, earning multiple Pulitzer Prizes for works that celebrated the working class and the life of Abraham Lincoln.

His birthplace is preserved as a historic site that honors the empathy, curiosity, and love of democracy that informed his writing and public life.

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