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Willa Cather, Wales, Wymore, and the World
… Presented by Steve Shively Special Events Saturday, Oct 19, 2024 | 2 - 3pm CT Great Plains Welsh Heritage Centre 307 … and through Wymore—which she alluded to in her novel My Ántonia. Now retired, Steve Shively taught English at …
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Annotations from the Archives: October is American Archives Month
… and by mailed questionnaire. Beginning her research into Willa Cather's life soon after Cather's death, Bennett … her work, and the one-page surveys completed by the Pavelka children —who became the Cuzak children in the … collection, provided the backbone of Bennett's The World of Willa Cather (1951) , which painted a vivid portrait of the …
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Virtual Author Series: Terese Svoboda
Image Author Series Thursday, Oct 17, 2024 | 7 - 8pm CT Register Online Now Join us for a discussion of Svoboda’s answer to Willa Cather’s novel My Ántonia ! Readers will delight in the story of Harriet as she searches for her father in the American West …
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Reading Willa Cather
… Image Image Image Join us in Arlington, Virginia for a 150th celebration of Willa Cather! Special Events Thursday, … Cather’s groundbreaking fiction (including O Pioneers! , My Ántonia , One of Ours , The Professor’s House , and Death …
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Short Biography of Willa Cather
… Image Willa Cather, 1921, Studio Portrait by George Marsden Short … language, and sensitive explorations of place. Her life and work still inspire insightful scholarly analysis. … her formative Nebraska experiences into an international literary legacy. Cather died in 1947, and was laid to rest …
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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol
… Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, June 7, at 11:00 a.m. ET. Cather is the first Pulitzer Prize winner and … .” This novel and others set in Nebraska, including My Ántonia and A Lost Lady, helped to establish Cather’s career …
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Meet our 2024 Humanities Interns!
… Conference in June Meet our 2024 Humanities Interns! June 12, 2024 The Humanities Internship at the National Willa … senior year of high school when her literature class read My Ántonia . Drawn in not only by Cather’s strong prose, Sophie …
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Reading Willa Cather at the Jaffrey Public Library
… emergence. Cather’s groundbreaking fiction ( O Pioneers! , My Ántonia , One of Ours , The Professor’s House , Death Comes … of Governors. As Willa Cather spent many autumns (from 1917-late 1930s) on writing retreats at the Shattuck Inn …
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Hommage: Willa Cather
… by Willa Cather will be on display in the Red Cloud Opera House gallery at the National Willa Cather Center, May …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens A National Historic Landmark … America’s canonical authors. The town of Red Cloud and its prairie landscapes were settings in some of Cather’s most …
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