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2016 Scholarship Recipients
… honors Pavelka, the prototype and inspiration for Ántonia Shimerda Cuzak, the eponymous character in Cather’s … contact Tracy Tucker, Education Director, at 402-746-2653 or ttucker@willacather.org. Application forms for 2017 are available online and annual deadlines are January 31 and February 28, respectively. …
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We have an Amazon Wish List!
… Wish List! December 7, 2015 Ask anyone who works at the Willa Cather Foundation (WCF) what his/her favorite part of the … one of the reasons we’re extremely careful and thoughtful about how we allocate funds to meet the Foundation’s needs. …
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2015 Spring Conference & Seminar a Great Success
… Success July 24, 2015 2015 was a very special year for the Willa Cather Foundation’s annual Spring Conference. As we … our International Seminar to Nebraska by combining the two events into a weeklong, Nebraska-wide celebration of … of art, mentioning many of them in her writing. Of these, My Ántonia’s story of Pavel and Peter, the sleigh-driving …
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WoW Celebrates Anniversary of The Song of the Lark
… Anniversary of The Song of the Lark July 14, 2015 The Willa Cather Foundation is celebrating the 100th anniversary of … Armstrong at aarmstrong@willacather.org or at 402-746-2653. About the Performers Michelle Dean (soprano) is currently a …
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Albertinis Become Charter Members of Legacy Society
… Albertinis Become Charter Members of Legacy Society July 23, 2015 Dr. Virgil Albertini and his wife Dolores first … one of the annual gatherings since that time. “I first read My Ántonia as a sophomore in high school, and Cather has been …
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WCF Collection Grows
… Grows February 12, 2015 As plans progress for the National Willa Cather Center and the new archival facility to be housed … family items which had been given to her mother. To inquire about archival holdings or schedule a visit, please contact …
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Spring Conference: May 31-June 2, 2012
… May 31-June 2, 2012 May 16, 2011 The 57th annual Willa Cather Spring Conference and the one-day scholarly symposium … prose is "poetic," very few readers have had much to say about Cather's own poetry. In 1962 scholar Bernice Slote …
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Writer's Workshop: May 17-20, 2012
… Writer's Workshop: May 17-20, 2012 October 26, 2011 When Willa Cather received the advice to write about the part of the world she knew best, she turned for …
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Red Cloud, Nebraska
… Image Red Cloud, Nebraska Willard Thorp, in "American Writing in the Twentieth … largest living memorial to an author in the country. Willa Cather spent her childhood in this small railroad town, and … this beautiful, brick street town. Click here to learn more about Red Cloud. Click here to search past issues of the Red …
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Celebrate Cather's Birthday!
… Image Celebrate Cather's Birthday! November 24, 2014 Willa Cather's 141st … and the suggested donation. Invitations and publicity about the events will be provided by the Willa Cather …
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