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American poet and author who is best remembered for Rootabaga Stories, The War Years, and Cornhuskers. Many of his poems include references to the city of Chicago.He was a three-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature.He wrote an award-winning biography of Abraham Lincoln.
BEFORE FAMEHe left school at age thirteen and held a number of odd jobs before joining the Milwaukee, Wisconsin branch of the Socialist Party of America.
PERSONAL LIFEHe married Lilian Steichen in 1908. He, his wife, and their three daughters eventually settled on a North Carolina estate they named Connemara.
Famous QuotesTime is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you.
Poet Carl Sandburg were born on Sunday, birthstone is Garnet, the seaon was Winter in the Chinese year of , it is 3 days until Carl Sandburg next birthday.
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