Willa Cather Biography

Willa Cather biography

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NAME: Willa Cather
OCCUPATION: Author, Poet
BIRTH DATE: December 07, 1873
DEATH DATE: April 24, 1947
EDUCATION: University of Nebraska
PLACE OF BIRTH: Winchester, Virginia
PLACE OF DEATH: New York, New York
Originally: Wilella Sibert Cather

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Willa Cather was a writer of poetry and novels known for such works as O Pioneers! and My Antonia.

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Willa Cather published her first book of verses, April Twilights, in 1903. With O Pioneers! (1913) and My Ántonia (1918), which has frequently been seen as her finest achievement, she found her characteristic themes—the spirit and courage of the frontier she had known in her youth. One of Ours (1922), which won the Pulitzer Prize, and A Lost Lady (1923) mourned the passing of the pioneer spirit.

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