Carl Sandburg

Carl August Sandburg, born on January 6, 1878, and departed this life on July 22, 1967, was a multifaceted American literary luminary who left an indelible mark on the world of poetry, biography, journalism, and editing. His illustrious career was punctuated by a triumvirate of Pulitzer Prize wins, two of which were awarded for his poetical masterworks and a third for his magnum opus, a biography of the iconic Abraham Lincoln. Throughout his lifetime, Sandburg was widely regarded as a major figure in contemporary literature, his reputation bolstered by the publication of numerous volumes of his collected verse, including the critically acclaimed Chicago Poems (1916),Cornhuskers (1918),and Smoke and Steel (1920).