Carl Sandburg
January 6, 1878 (146 years old) in Galesburg, Illinois, USA
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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- 2006 · National Archives WWII: Air War as
- 1982 · Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences as Self (voice) (archive footage)
- 1959 · Sandburg, Yes! as
- 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