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Willa Cather, My Ántonia and the Life of a Writer

… Prize winner Jane Smiley! Her talk on "Willa Cather, My Ántonia and the Life of a Writer" will mark the … and books for young adults. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she has also received the PEN Center …
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Ántonia Scholarship

… Pavelka, prototype for Ántonia Shimerda in Cather's novel  My Ántonia  and Mary Rosicky in Cather's short story … South High School 2022: Chloe Berger, Wilson Hill Academy 2023: Campbell Collins, Collins Homeschool 2024: Eleanor …
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My Ántonia: The Story of a Great American Novel

… and a novel that is part of today’s literary canon,  My Ántonia’s  worldwide appeal is demonstrated by its … 15-19: See Tim Youd ’s (American, b. 1967) Willa Cather’s My Ántonia , on view in Hawks Pavilion Gallery H8, and plan …
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'My Ántonia' Holiday Tour

… the many seasonal winter and Christmas details described in My Ántonia —at the very same places that inspired locations … place in the world—from Otto’s cowboy trunk..."   — My Ántonia Book soon as tours are likely to sell-out!  This … as part of our National Endowment for the Arts Big Read of My Ántonia programs and initiatives. LEARN MORE …
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NEA Big Read: My Ántonia

… September 4, 2024 Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by the National Endowment for the Arts … drawn readers into this classic novel for more than 100 years. Just as gripping are her portrayal of obstacles such … the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial in Red Cloud, one of her first efforts was to bring Life magazine to Webster County …
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The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read: My Ántonia

… Image Image Kick-Off Event Special Events Friday, Oct 4, 2024 | All day CT the National Willa Cather Center 425 N … three new My Ántonia -related museum exhibits  5:00 p.m. – Gallery reception for The Artistic Nebraska Odyssey of Linda … Cather “drew the American countryside with such clarity of detail and poetic accuracy that the camera, retracing her …
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My Ántonia Selected for NEA’s Big Read

… Image My Ántonia Selected for NEA’s Big Read Introduces “Where We … for the Arts (NEA) announced in October that Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected for their … forging deeper connections between people and place,” said Amy Stolls, the NEA’s literary arts director.  As part of the …
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My Ántonia

… of life on the Nebraska prairie. Through the eyes of Jim Burden, her tutor and disappointed admirer, we follow … but triumphing. In the end, Antonia is exactly what Burden says she is: a woman who "had that something which …
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My Ántonia at 100: The Ongoing Story

… during Cather’s life and today. In  My Ántonia  when Jim Burden is relocated to Black Hawk (Cather’s fictional …
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My Ántonia by Illusion Theater

… Illusion Theater. The timeless saga is told by narrator Jim Burden upon his return to Nebraska to see Ántonia Shimerda, …
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