Carl Sandburg

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Known Credits

7

Gender

Male

Birthday

1878-01-06

Deathday

1967-07-22 (89 years old)

Place of Birth

Galesburg, Illinois, USA

Carl Sandburg

Biography

Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – 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).

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Acting

2006
National Archives WWII: Air War
1982
Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences as Self (voice) (archive footage)
1959
Sandburg, Yes!
1959
The Bell Telephone Hour as Self
1950
What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1947
Is Everybody Listening? as Carl Sandburg

Directing

Writing

1974
Lincoln as Book
1959
Sandburg, Yes! as Writer
1941
Bomber: A Defense Report on Film as Writer
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