Carl

Carl Sandburg

By dcrensh

  • Date of birth

    Date of birth
    Carl Sandburg was born on January 6th, 1878 in Galesburg, Illinois.
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    Carl Sandburg

  • Dropped out of school

    Dropped out of school
    Carl left school at age 13 to work jobs.

  • Became a hobo

    Became a hobo
    Carl Sandburg became a hobo and traveled west to Kansas.

  • First publication

    First publication
    Philip Green Wright paid for the publication of Sandburg's first volume of poetry, a pamphlet called Reckless Ecstacy.

  • Secretary

    Secretary
    Sandburg acted as secretary to the first socialist mayor of Milwaukee.

  • Chicago Poems

    Chicago Poems
    He established his reputation with Chicago Poems.

  • Cornhuskers

    Cornhuskers
    He then established his repuatation with Cornhuskers in 1918.

  • Smoke and Steel

    Smoke and Steel
    He then wrote smoke and steel in 1920.

  • The American Songbag and the New American Songbag

    The American Songbag and the New American Songbag
    The American Songbag and The New American Songbag were published.

  • Pulitzer Prize

    Pulitzer Prize
    He recieved a second Pulitzer Prize with his "complete poems".

  • Final poem

    Final poem
    His final poem was Honey & Salt, written in 1963.

  • Death date

    Death date
    Sandburg died on July 22nd, 1967.