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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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2026 Willa Cather Residency Cohort Announced
… Image 2026 Willa Cather Residency Cohort Announced Cohort in Residence … at the Cather Residency, she plans to work on her first book of poetry titled "Deer Season," which will explore … Willa Cather’s Red Cloud will be spent at work on a novel set on the Nebraska plains. …
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Annotations from the Archives: The World of Willa Cather
… Annotations from the Archives: The World of Willa Cather Bennett's Book Helped … spent hundreds of hours reading and researching in the NWCC archives as he began work on a Bennett auto/biography which …
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Willa Cather, American Voice
… | 4 - 5pm ET Salmagundi Club 47 5th Avenue New York , NY 10003 United States Register for Event On Friday, March 6, … a series of groundbreaking novels, including O Pioneers! , My Ántonia , One of Ours , The Professor’s House , and Death …
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The National Willa Cather Center Receives 2025 Rising Star Award
… Star Award to Executive Director Ashley Olson The National Willa Cather Center Receives 2025 Rising Star Award December 5, … Willa Cather Center for its exemplary contributions to literary and cultural engagement across the state. The …
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Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund
… Image Willa Cather's birthplace, a rural farmhouse in the … uses for the site, including educational programs, literary events, and community gatherings that honor Willa Cather’s … in her mother’s family, had fought in the Confederate army. Cather’s maternal grandmother, Rachel Seibert Boak, was …
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2025 Willa Cather Residency Cohort Announced
… Image 2025 Willa Cather Residency Cohort Announced Cohort in Residence … Lena Hari . Her short stories have appeared in various literary journals, and her work has been supported by … FarmGirl Press. Her poetry has been published in Nebraska Life and in a chapbook, Fencelines (2022). Her writing is …
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70th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference
… and institutional affiliation, should be submitted to Rachel Olsen, Director of Education and Engagement, via the 2025 … their scheduled presentation. Questions may be directed to Rachel Olsen or Todd Richardson, Academic Advisor of the …
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19th International Willa Cather Seminar
… Image Willa Cather received an honorary doctor of letters degree from … that propose to read across region in Cather’s works and life. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: Blue … and sustainability Industrialization and the Rustbelt Literary regionalism: Cather’s relationship to earlier …
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Hotel Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy
… Garber Opens in Red Cloud to Bolster Tourism and Advance Willa Cather Legacy April 9, 2025 RED CLOUD, NE—The National … land and construct a modern new building. Instead, they selected the downtown 1902 Potter-Wright building for … these occasions in both her published work and private letters. Now joined with the Center’s preserved Farmers and …
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