caption death_date death_place children birth_place module awards nationality ethnicity notableworks birth_date alt spouse image article_title birth_name occupation alma_mater
sandburg in 1955 22 july 1967 flat rock , north carolina , u.s. margaret , helga , and janet galesburg , illinois , u.s. yes serviceyears = 1898 rank = private unit = company c allegiance , 6th illinois infantry regiment battles = spanish war = branch = 25px united states army pulitzer prize robert frost medal -lrb- 1952 -rrb- american swedish '' '' '' abraham lincoln : the prairie years and the chicago war years '' '' rootabaga stories '' poems '' '' the people , yes 6 january 1878 photograph of sandburg lilian steichen carl sandburg nywts.jpg carl sandburg
 carl august sandburg journalist , author lombard college -lrb- non-graduate -rrb-
carl sandburg

carl august sandburg -lrb- january 6 , 1878 -- july 22 , 1967 -rrb- was an american poet , writer , and editor who 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 '' -lrb- 1916 -rrb- , `` cornhuskers '' -lrb- 1918 -rrb- , and `` smoke and steel '' -lrb- 1920 -rrb- .
he enjoyed `` unrivaled appeal as a poet in his day , perhaps because the breadth of his experiences connected him with so many strands of american life '' , and at his death in 1967 , president lyndon b. johnson observed that `` carl sandburg was more than the voice of america , more than the poet of its strength and genius .
he was america . ''
