Willa Cather
American writer (1873–1947)
Willa Sibert Cather (/ˈkæðər/;[1] born Wilella Sibert Cather; December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) was an American writer. She was known for her novels of life on the Great Plains. Her best known works were O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Ántonia. In 1923, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours.
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| Born | Wilella Sibert Cather December 7, 1873 Gore, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | April 24, 1947 (aged 73) Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | Old Burying Ground, Jaffrey, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Period | 1905–1947 |
| Partner | Edith Lewis (c. 1908–1947) |
| Signature |  |
Personal life
changeMany people believed Cather was a lesbian.[2][3]
Cather, who had terminal breast cancer, died in New York City on April 24, 1947 from a cerebral hemorrhage, aged 73.[4][5]
References
change- ↑ "willa-cather – Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com". oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com.
- ↑ Cather, Willa (2008). Sharistanian, Janet (ed.). My Antonia (New ed.). Oxford University Press. p. xiii. ISBN 978-0-19953-814-0.
- ↑ Acocella, Joan (April 9, 2013). "What's in Cather's Letters". The New Yorker.
- ↑ "Author of Lost Lady Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1922 for Writing One of Ours". The New York Times. April 25, 1947. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
Willa Sibert Cather, noted American novelist, died at 4:30 P.M. yesterday in her home at 570 Park Avenue. After Miss Cather's death a secretary, who was with her at the time, was too upset to talk about it. It was reported that death was due to a cerebral hemorrhage. The author was 70 years old in December.
- ↑ Mulligan, Hugh A. (February 13, 1980). "Visiting Willa Cather: Sabbatical of the Heart". The Shreveport Journal. Associated Press. p. 52.
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Libraries
change- Willa Cather Review at the Willa Cather Foundation
- Special Collections & Archives at The National Willa Cather Center
- Willa Cather Archive at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Willa Cather Collection Archived 2021-04-29 at the Wayback Machine at Drew University
- Willa Cather–Irene Miner Weisz Papers Archived 2021-04-29 at the Wayback Machine at the Newberry Library
- Benjamin D. Hitz–Willa Cather Papers Archived 2021-05-06 at the Wayback Machine at the Newberry Library
- Ann Safford Mandel collection of Willa Cather papers at the Mortimer Rare Book Collection
Online editions
change- Works by Willa Cather at Project Gutenberg
- Works by Willa Cather at Faded Page (Canada)
- Works by or about Willa Cather at Internet Archive
- Works by Willa Cather at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Willa Cather at Poets' Corner
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