Carl August Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American writer and editor best known for poetry. He won three Pulitzer Prizes, two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. H. L. Mencken called Sandburg "indubitably an American in every pulse-beat".
Frederick Sandburg, Martha Sandburg Goldstone, Martin Godfrey Sandburg, Emil Sandburg, Esther Sandburg Wachs, Mary Sandburg Johnson
Awards
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Pulitzer Prize for History, Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards, Robert Frost Medal, American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for History
Nominations
Nobel Prize in Literature, National Book Award for Nonfiction
Movies
The Greatest Story Ever Told, Bomber: A Defense Report on Film
Star Sign
Capricorn
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Quote
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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.
2
[on babies] A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on.
3
Slang is language that takes off its coat, spits on its hands, and goes to work.
4
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.
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Fact
1
Won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 1919 for the volume "Corn Huskers" and in 1951 for "Complete Poems".
2
Won the Pulitzer Prize in History for the book "Abraham Lincoln: The War Years".
3
Along with that of a dog and Albert Einstein his face inspired the look of the alien in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982).
4
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).
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
American Playhouse
1982
TV Series poems - 1 episode
Lincoln
1974
TV Mini-Series book
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
uncredited
You Are There
1955
TV Series book - 1 episode
Bomber
1941
Documentary short
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
creative associate
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
1924
technical advisor - uncredited
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Blues
2003
TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Amelia
2009
acknowledgement: excerpt from 'Fog' from Chicago Poems, 1916 by
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
NET Festival
1968
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Filmmaker
1965
Documentary short
Himself
The Bell Telephone Hour
1960-1962
TV Series
Himself - Poet / Himself
The Ed Sullivan Show
1956-1962
TV Series
Poet / Himself
CBS Reports
1961-1962
TV Series documentary
Himself
Person to Person
1960
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Jack Paar Tonight Show
1960
TV Series
Himself
What's My Line?
1960
TV Series
Himself - Mystery Guest
The Milton Berle Show
1958-1959
TV Series
Himself
The Gene Kelly Show
1959
TV Movie
Himself
Small World
1959
TV Series
Himself
Home
1957
TV Series
Himself
See It Now
1952-1955
TV Series documentary
Himself
Producers' Showcase
1954
TV Series
Himself
Is Everybody Listening?
1947
Documentary short
Carl Sandburg
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
He Walks in Beauty: The George Stevens Production 'The Greatest Story Ever Told'
$800,000
