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Carl Sandburg

1878 - 1967

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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). 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". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Sandburg is the 2,068th most popular writer (up from 2,784th in 2019), the 3,021st most popular biography from United States (up from 3,540th in 2019) and the 245th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Carl Sandburg ranks 2,068 out of 7,302. Before him are James E. Gunn, Frederick Marryat, Maria Gripe, Hermann Sudermann, Gian Giorgio Trissino, and Aloysius Bertrand. After him are Sabahattin Ali, Salvadore Cammarano, Christopher Isherwood, Aphrahat, Gustav Schwab, and Anastasius Sinaita.

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Among people born in 1878, Carl Sandburg ranks 82. Before him are Mikhail Artsybashev, Princess Isabelle of Orléans, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Alexander Tamanian, The Great Gama, and Nikolaos Andriakopoulos. After him are Tullio Serafin, Grigory Petrovsky, Paul Hazard, Erich Mühsam, Myer Prinstein, and Anton Hansen Tammsaare. Among people deceased in 1967, Carl Sandburg ranks 91. Before him are David Burliuk, H. H. Kung, Langston Hughes, Joseph Boxhall, Ernst Niekisch, and Harold Holt. After him are Eddie Eagan, Miklós Kállay, Alphonse Juin, Ernst Wollweber, Pierre Jeanneret, and Juliusz Rómmel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carl Sandburg ranks 3,021 out of 20,380. Before him are Jon Favreau (1966), Danny Kaye (1911), Anna Moffo (1932), Pauley Perrette (1969), June Allyson (1917), and Mary Kenneth Keller (1913). After him are Richard Mentor Johnson (1780), Betty Grable (1916), Joseph E. Johnston (1807), Dennis Wilson (1944), Philip Abelson (1913), and Ken Kercheval (1935).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Carl Sandburg ranks 245. Before him are Audre Lorde (1934), Jane Jacobs (1916), Bernard Malamud (1914), Eugene Nida (1914), Tom Wolfe (1930), and James E. Gunn (1923). After him are Edmond Hamilton (1904), Kate Millett (1934), John W. Campbell (1910), William Steig (1907), Lewis Mumford (1895), and Harold Bloom (1930).

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