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Support the Willa Cather Birthplace Fund

… Image Willa Cather's birthplace, a rural farmhouse in the Shenandoah … Birthplace Fund Funds needed for preservation efforts As American author Willa Cather’s 150th was celebrated in 2023, … who, toward the end of her life, struggled to write the story of her home state.  Sapphira and the Slave Girl …
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Willa Cather Statue Unveiled in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol

… in the centenary year of her Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours . Live viewing parties were held at the Nebraska … .” This novel and others set in Nebraska, including My Ántonia and A Lost Lady, helped to establish Cather’s career … for Statuary Hall, and I'm thrilled that Nebraska will finally have a literary heroine representing our state in …
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69th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… should be submitted to Rachel Olsen, Director of Education and Engagement, via the 2024 Spring Conference …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens

… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home • April 2024 Image Restored Willa … Home Reopens A National Historic Landmark December 5, 2023 Book tours online ahead of your visit! Click here  to learn … The town of Red Cloud and its prairie landscapes were settings in some of Cather’s most popular writings, …
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Premiere of Willa Cather: Breaking the Mold

… Conference Thursday, Jun 6, 2024 | 7 - 8pm CT National Willa Cather Center 413 N. Webster St. Red Cloud , NE 68970 United … of the novel Woman of Light and the widely acclaimed short story collection Sabrina & Corina , a finalist for the …
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Willa Cather Biography

… Red Cloud. The MLA International Bibliography lists almost 1300 publications on Cather and her works appearing since … and this was a decision that transformed her career. Building upon her solid foundation as an energetic … letters.  A Lost Lady, published in 1923, is something of tour de force example of the sort of fiction Cather called …
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Willa Cather Timeline

… Willa Cather Timeline Major Events & Milestones 1870  — Silas … miles by team and wagon to the precinct of Catherton. They settle at the homestead of William and Caroline Cather. … a Jewish couple from Europe who allow her to borrow books from their personal library. Mrs. Wiener introduces …
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63rd annual Willa Cather Spring Conference

… May 31, 2018 | 12am - Saturday, Jun 2, 2018 | 12am National Willa Cather Center 413 North Webster Street Red Cloud , NE 68970 … and attended Nebraska Wesleyan University, with majors in History and English Literature. Antonia lives in Minnesota, …
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Willa Cather Review Table of Contents & Index

… Officers and Board of Governors p. 1  Aims p. 1  Progress Report and Building Fund News p. 1  Publications p. 2  … for Young People p. 3  World Wide Interest and Publications about Willa Cather p. 3  Looking to the Future p. 3  … Programs p. 2  World Wide Interest in Cather p. 3  Annual Conference p. 4  Acknowledgements p. 4  …
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Cather Sesquicentennial

… also marked the 100th anniversary of her Pulitzer Prize for  One of Ours , as well as publication centenaries of  A … matching funds provided by the  Willa Cather Foundation’s  Campaign for the Future .  Book clubs and teachers around the country are …
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