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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

… Ántonia Scholarship Due February 28 About the Scholarship / Eligibility The purpose of the … majors in accredited colleges or universities. Applicants must be high school seniors who are prospective first year … generation of Cather readers and scholars, the Willa Cather Foundation annually awards a number of scholarships for …
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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

… Saturday, Dec 28, 2024 | 1 - 2:30pm CT National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 … throughout December we will be offering guided holiday tours on Saturdays, beginning with December 7, which is also Willa Cather’s birthday! This year’s tour will specifically focus …
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NEA Big Read: My Ántonia

… by the difficulties and the beauties of the world they must contend with. It is also true, though, that we read … remains a revelation.”  — Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley About My Ántonia When critic Randolph Bourne heralded  My … Adolph Hitler’s bathtub at the close of World War II. When Mildred Bennett began work on the Willa Cather Pioneer …
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The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read: My Ántonia

… Events Friday, Oct 4, 2024 | All day CT the National Willa Cather Center 425 N Webster St Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … but registration is required for the seasonal guided tours shown in bold. Senior citizen and student pricing is available for the tour. Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by …
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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

… Image Vintage cover of My Ántonia My Ántonia Book Club Resources In this symphonically … virtues Cather most admired in her country. We first meet Antonia Shimerda as the young daughter of a Bohemian …
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My Ántonia at 100: The Changing Ecology of the Great Plains

… Island Rd Gibbon , NE 68840 United States Join the Willa Cather Archive in partnership with the Willa Cather Foundation, Audubon Nebraska, and the Iain Nicolson … Participants will then travel to Red Cloud, Nebraska, for tours of Cather-related sites in town, including Cather’s …
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Cather Book Club: My Ántonia

… Book Club will meet to discuss Cather's most beloved novel My Ántonia . There are two meeting times available; 4:00 …
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