Willa Cather

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American writer (1873-1947)

United States WritersLived 1873 to 1947 · aged 73

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Willa Sibert Cather was an American writer known for her novels of life on the Great Plains, including O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Ántonia. In 1923, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours, a novel set during World War I.

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Willa Cather Childhood Home, Red Cloud, Nebraska

Willa Cather in the Mesa Verde wilds, c. 1915

Awards 5

1988National Women's Hall of Fame

1930William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters

1923Pulitzer Prize for the Novel

National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Connected to Willa 6

Frank MorganAlso in A Lost Lady (1934)

Lyle TalbotAlso in A Lost Lady (1934)

Harry BeaumontAlso in A Lost Lady (1924)

Ricardo CortezAlso in A Lost Lady (1934)

Wild Bill ElliottAlso in A Lost Lady (1934)

Upton SinclairAlso won Pulitzer Prize for the Novel

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