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Willa Cather

As a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of international significance, Willa Cather’s influence is undeniable. Seen as a regional writer for decades after her passing in 1947, critics have increasingly identified Cather as one of the most important American novelists, the peer of authors like Hemingway, Faulkner, and Wharton. In her prolific career, Cather wrote twelve novels, six collections of short fiction, two editions of her book of poetry, April Twilights, and a large body of nonfiction, journalism, speeches, and letters.

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The Willa Cather Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to celebrating the work, life, and legacy of this great American writer. Your gifts support scholarly conferences and seminars, educational outreach, arts and humanities programs, preservation of historic sites and archives, and conservation.

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Virtual Tour

Our virtual tour gives students, teachers, and guests a content-rich, interactive way to experience Willa Cather's Red Cloud.

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Willa Cather Review

The peer-reviewed Willa Cather Review is published three times annually and features the very latest in Cather scholarship, features, and news.

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Current Exhibits

National Willa Cather Center regularly features artwork from regional and national artists. A museum exhibit, American Bittersweet: The Life & Writing of Willa Cather, showcases objects from the collection and examines the life and legacy of Willa Cather by exploring and embracing the complexities of her life and her art.

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Archives & Collections

The National Willa Cather Center Collection is a rich and growing body of Willa Cather and Cather family possessions, rare books, photographs, correspondence, periodicals, newspapers, and original research and criticism from the early days of Cather scholarship.

 

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The Willa Cather Foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created in 1955 that owns and operates the National Willa Cather Center, Red Cloud Opera House, Willa Cather Memorial Prairie, and the nation's largest collection of nationally-designated historic sites dedicated to an American author.

 
 

Conferences

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Jun 1, 2023 to Jun 3, 2023
Commemorate Cather's 150th birthday by examining the evolution of her own writerly imagination.

Seminars

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Jun 21, 2023 to Jun 23, 2023
The 18th International Cather Seminar will be held in Greenwich Village, the neighborhood where Cather lived between 1906-1932.

News & Features

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Mar 6, 2023
A long ago road trip with her father kindled Jaydene Miner Drew's interest in her Red Cloud roots.
Mar 6, 2023
Fascinating facts—and artifacts—from the Willa Cather Foundation's early years. Click on all of the documents!