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- Birth nameCarl August Sandburg
- Carl Sandburg was born on January 6, 1878 in Galesburg, Illinois, USA. He was a writer, known for The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), You Are There (1953) and American Playhouse (1980). He was married to Lilian Steichen. He died on July 22, 1967 in Flat Rock, North Carolina, USA.
- SpouseLilian Steichen(June 13, 1908 - July 22, 1967) (his death, 3 children)
- Pictured on a 13¢ US commemorative postage stamp in the American Poets series, issued in his honor 6 January 1978 (100th anniversary of his birth).
- Along with that of a dog and Albert Einstein his face inspired the look of the alien in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982).
- Won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 1919 for the volume "Corn Huskers" and in 1951 for "Complete Poems".
- Won the Pulitzer Prize in History for the book "Abraham Lincoln: The War Years".
- Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.
- Slang is language that takes off its coat, spits on its hands, and goes to work.
- [on babies] A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on.
- I see America, not in the setting of a black night of despair ahead of us; I see America in the crimson light of a rising sun fresh from the burning creative hand of God. I see great days ahead, great days possible to men and women of vision.
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