Search Results
43 results found
Annotations from the Archives: The World of Willa Cather
… Annotations from the Archives: The World of Willa Cather Bennett's Book Helped Launch Cather Studies February … and '30s, and many of these readers were eager to know more about the life of this rather elusive author, and the …
Posted:
Last Updated:
70th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference
… Image Cather's House: Examining Built and Natural Environments in … . She is also the author of several works of nonfiction and books for young adults. A member of the American Academy of … Work As both The Professor’s House and My Ántonia are set for big years in 2025—the latter will complete its run …
Posted:
Last Updated:
Willa Cather, My Ántonia and the Life of a Writer
… Conference Friday, Jun 6, 2025 | 7 - 8:30pm CT National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster Street Red Cloud , NE … a year-long celebration of Cather's 1918 novel as a title selected by the National Endowment for the Arts' 2024-2025 … young adults. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she has also received the PEN Center USA Lifetime …
Posted:
Last Updated:
Willa Cather & the Farm Novel Tradition
… nation grappling with rapid urbanization. In this lecture, Tracy Sanford Tucker, the director of Collections and Curation at the …
Posted:
Last Updated:
69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference
… Image Image Willa Cather reads to her brother Jack and sister Elsie. Cather … of the novel Woman of Light and the widely acclaimed short story collection Sabrina and Corina , a finalist for the …
Posted:
Last Updated:
Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa … Reopens A National Historic Landmark December 5, 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here to learn about … has become known as one of America’s canonical authors. The town of Red Cloud and its prairie landscapes were settings …
Posted:
Last Updated:
Willa Cather Biography
… George Marsden, for Rinehart-Marsden Studios, Omaha, 1921. Photographic portrait of Willa Cather. Photographic portrait … 1921. Rinehart-Marsden Studios. Today Willa Cather is one of the most important American novelists of the first … matriculation requirements.) Having just arrived from a small town, she took full advantage of the capital's …
Posted:
Last Updated:
Willa Cather Timeline
… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870 — Silas … homestead claims near a site that would soon become the town of Red Cloud, Nebraska. 1871 — In Silas Garber’s … Register of Historic Places and open year-round for guided tours. Winter 1883 to 1884 — Willa Cather attends a …
Posted:
Last Updated:
Willa Cather: Life & Literature
… Image Ashley Olson, Executive Director, National Willa Cather Center Image Willa Cather, 9, taken in Virginia … history of Willa Cather, Olsen will detail how the writer’s early years in Frederick County, Virginia, and formative years in Nebraska influenced the novels Sapphira and the Slave Girl and My Ántonia . …
Posted:
Last Updated:
50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp
… Following are excerpts of that process gleaned from past newsletters. [Scroll down to read what was entered into the … medal from the National Institute of Arts and Letters.” 50 Volunteers, 34 Extra Postal Workers, 11 Nebraska Towns, a … eventually became the scholarly journal, Willa Cather Review ) and issues of the informational News from Cather …
Posted:
Last Updated: