Search Results

24 results found

Willa Cather Residency for Writers

… that Willa Cather traveled before she became free to focus on her own writing—a road that included freelancing, … plays, and screenplays.  For example, emerging writers must not have published a novel-length work at the time of … October 4-18, 2026: Residency in Red Cloud Questions? Contact  residency@willacather.org . Past Cohorts 2023 …
Posted:
Last Updated:

Short Biography of Willa Cather

… Image Willa Cather, 1921, Studio Portrait by George Marsden Short Biography of Willa Cather 1873–1947 Willa Cather was born in Back Creek …
Posted:
Last Updated:

Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa … her brilliant young mind to imagine the whole world. Cather later referred to it as her “rose-bower,” and she occupied … 150 Years of Willa Cather Perhaps best known for her novels My Ántonia , O Pioneers! and Death Comes for the …
Posted:
Last Updated:

Willa Cather Biography

… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is Nebraska's … Lewis. "The United States knows Nebraska because of Willa Cather's books." Image George Marsden, for … seven children raised by Charles and Mary Virginia Cather. Cathers had been in the area since the 1700s, and Back …
Posted:
Last Updated:

Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas … captain in the United States Army, and four other men file homestead claims near a site that would soon become the town … Register of Historic Places and open year-round for guided tours. Winter 1883 to 1884  — Willa Cather attends a …
Posted:
Last Updated:

50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp

… Image 50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp The process—and celebration—of a commemorative … eventually became the scholarly journal, Willa Cather Review ) and issues of the informational  News from Cather …
Posted:
Last Updated:

Cather Weekend on Governors Island

… Park Governors Island , NY 10004 United States The Willa Cather Foundation (WCF) is partnering with the Empire State … in Pittsburgh and New York, and listen as she later reflects on all her worldly success. 1:30 p.m. – Willa … Herself Born Before Willa Cather went on to write the novels that would make her famous, she made a mark as a …
Posted:
Last Updated:

Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index Table of Contents … p. 1  Service by Volunteers p. 1  Restoration Attracts National Attention p. 1  Notable Comments p. 2  WCPM … Displays p. 1  New Equipment Renovation p. 2  Research Center p. 2  Interest in Cather p. 2  Willa Cather Merit …
Posted:
Last Updated:

Ways of Reading: On the Road with Tim Youd's 100 Novels Project

… Image Ways of Reading: On the Road with Tim Youd's 100 Novels Project July 25, 2022 Artist Tim Youd spent much of … of the Los Angeles-based Artillery magazine, visited the Cather literary sites and prairie landscapes where Youd … would take Youd all over the world. Now, almost a decade later, I’m in Red Cloud, Nebraska, to watch Youd (pronounced …
Posted:
Last Updated:

New! Cather Studies 11: Willa Cather at the Modernist Crux

… Image New! Cather Studies 11: Willa Cather at the Modernist Crux August 21, … Beginning with a prologue locating Cather’s position, this volume of Cather Studies offers three sets of related …
Posted:
Last Updated: