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Willa Sibert Cather (/ ˈ k æ ð ər /; [1] born Wilella Sibert Cather; [2] December 7, 1873 [A] – April 24, 1947) was an American writer known for her novels of life on the Great Plains, including O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Ántonia.
Willa Cather (born December 7, 1873, near Winchester, Virginia, U.S.—died April 24, 1947, New York City, New York) was an American novelist noted for her portrayals of the settlers and frontier life on the American plains.
Willa Cather Biography. A Great American Writer. "Miss Cather is Nebraska's foremost citizen," wrote author and Nobel Prize-winner Sinclair Lewis. "The United States knows Nebraska because of Willa Cather's books." Photographic portrait of Willa Cather, 1921. Rinehart-Marsden Studios.
Nov 18, 2019 · Known For: Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer whose novels captured the American pioneer experience. Born: December 7, 1873 in Back Creek Valley, Virginia, USA. Died: April 24, 1947 in New York City, New York, USA. Education: University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Sep 7, 2005 · Willa Cather’s MY ANTONIA is about the hardy people who risked their lives and fortunes in a harsh new land; Cather had the great good fortune to have lived among the first...
Willa Cather is one of the most important American novelists of the first half of the twentieth century. Seen as a regional writer for decades after her passing in 1947, critics have increasingly identified Cather as a canonical American writer, the peer of authors like Hemingway, Faulkner and Wharton.
The Willa Cather Archive is an ambitious endeavor to create a rich, useful, and widely accessible site for the study of Willa Cather's life and writings.
