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Robert and Ardis James Foundation Donates $250,000 for NWCC Endowment

… He has read all of the author’s books, but points to My Ántonia as a favorite. The National Willa Cather Center’s … the Pavelka Farmstead, a setting from the final scenes of My Ántonia , which is undergoing a full restoration to its …
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Antonette Willa Skupa Turner: 1920-2021

… of Anna Sadilek Pavelka (Cather's prototype for Ántonia), Antonette provided us with a link to a connection … she was a friend. Antonette passed away on Friday, August 13, at the age of 101. She was a blessing to have known, and … when you think about old times, won't you?" Cather wrote in My Ántonia . "And I guess everybody thinks about old times, …
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Lingua Franca Finds Inspiration In the Great Plains and Willa Cather's Writing

… is always a thrill when we find that a company outside the publishing world has as much enthusiasm for our great authors as we do,” added Suzanne Herz, publisher of Vintage Books & Anchor Books . “We could not be … Books & Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House, publish the entire collection of Willa Cather’s writings in …
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Artist Tim Youd on Typing Willa Cather in Red Cloud

… New Orleans. As to place, I've typed in some extraordinary locations—Faulkner's Rowan Oak, a Sing Sing prison tower, a … I do think Red Cloud will go down as one of the very best locations. It's a pure pilgrimage with little distraction, … I'm endeavoring to do, it would be hard to design a better location. Though finished in Red Cloud, visitors can …
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Student Scholarships Awarded

… to announce our 2022 recipients of the Norma Ross Walter, Ántonia, Antonette Willa Skupa Turner, and the Leslie A. and … place, Megan Ruwe (Millard North High School) This year’s Ántonia Scholarship winner is:   Chloe Berger (Berger … at rolsen@willacather.org . Application information for 2023 is available on our Scholarships page and annual deadlines …
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Student and Educator Scholarships Awarded

… to announce our 2021 recipients of the Norma Ross Walter, Ántonia, Antonette Willa Skupa Turner, and the Leslie A. and … at www.willacather.org and annual deadlines are January 31, February 28, and April 20. Educator Scholarship … teacher Melissa Barry reports, “I am excited to bring my sophomores [to the NWCC]...I am really excited to get …
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Tim Youd: Retyping Willa Cather

… the same make/model typewriter used by the author, and in a location related to the novel and/or author. When retyping, … and video. To date, he has retyped 71 novels at various locations in the United States and Europe. Residencies at …
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Artist Karen Vierneisel: “I must find my own way and trust my own eye.”

… Image Artist Karen Vierneisel: “I must find my own way and trust my own eye.” May 19, 2021 We recently … showing at the Red Cloud Opera House Gallery through June 30 and will be featured in our 66th annual Willa Cather … and her elegiac sense of life. The first work I read was My Ántonia and the line about the “. . . precious, …
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Willa Cather in the Great "Spanish Flu" Pandemic

… a pivotal year for Willa Cather and the world. She would publish My Ántonia , delayed until the fall of that year due …
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Couple Donates Beloved Allan Tubach Painting

… for several of her classic novels about prairie life. My favorites are My Ántonia and The Song of the Lark .” A few years ago, Ruth … contact Executive Director, Ashley Olson at (402) 746-2653 or by email at aolson@willacather.org …
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