Carl Sandburg

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biographer folklorist human poet writer

Carl Sandburg was an American poet, writer, and folklorist known for his free-verse depictions of industrial America and his celebrated biography of Abraham Lincoln.

Aliases (2)

Carl August Sandburg ×1
Sandburg ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biographer → folklorist → human → poet → writer →
awardReceived	Pulitzer Prize for History → Pulitzer Prize for Poetry →
burialPlace	Galesburg, Illinois, United States →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1878-01-06 →
dateOfDeath	1967-07-22 →
ethnicGroup	Swedish Americans →
familyName	Sandburg →
fullName	Carl August Sandburg →
genre	biography → children's literature → folklore → poetry →
givenName	Carl →
hasInfluenced	American poetry →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
militaryBranch	United States Army →
movement	American modernism → Chicago Renaissance →
notableWork	Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years → Abraham Lincoln: The War Years → Chicago → Chicago Poems → Cornhuskers → Rootabaga Stories → Smoke and Steel → The People, Yes →
occupation	biographer → editor → folklorist → journalist → poet → writer →
placeOfBirth	Galesburg, Illinois, United States →
placeOfDeath	Flat Rock, North Carolina, United States →
politicalAlignment	progressivism →
residence	Chicago, Illinois, United States → Flat Rock, North Carolina, United States →
servedIn	Spanish–American War →
sibling	Edward Steichen →
spouse	Lillian Steichen Sandburg →
subjectOfWork	Abraham Lincoln → American working class → industrial America →
writingStyle	free verse →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Carl Sandburg ("Sandburg") →	familyName
Carl Sandburg ("Carl August Sandburg") →	fullName
Langston Hughes →	influencedBy
Amtrak Midwest services →	routeIncludes
Springfield Amtrak station →	servedBy