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Willa Cather


Born
in Back Creek Valley, Virginia, The United States
December 07, 1873

Died
April 24, 1947

Genre

Influences


Wilella Sibert Cather was born in Back Creek Valley (Gore), Virginia, in December 7, 1873.

She grew up in Virginia and Nebraska. She then attended the University of Nebraska, initially planning to become a physician, but after writing an article for the Nebraska State Journal, she became a regular contributor to this journal. Because of this, she changed her major and graduated with a bachelor's degree in English.

After graduation in 1894, she worked in Pittsburgh as writer for various publications and as a school teacher for approximately 13 years, thereafter moving to New York City for the remainder of her life.

Her novels on frontier life brought her to national recognition. In 1923 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her novel, 'One o
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Quotes by Willa Cather  (?)
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“There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.”
Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark

“The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one’s own.”
Willa Cather

“The world is little, people are little, human life is little. There is only one big thing — desire.”
Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark

Polls

May 2017 New School Classic Poll

 
  54 votes, 17.1%

 
  52 votes, 16.5%

My Ántonia by Willa Cather, 1918, 232
 
  37 votes, 11.7%

 
  31 votes, 9.8%

 
  26 votes, 8.2%

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, 1989, 288 pgs
 
  25 votes, 7.9%

Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov, 1962, 246
 
  21 votes, 6.6%

 
  20 votes, 6.3%

 
  12 votes, 3.8%

 
  11 votes, 3.5%

 
  11 votes, 3.5%

Silence by Shūsaku Endō, 1966, 201
 
  8 votes, 2.5%

 
  4 votes, 1.3%

 
  4 votes, 1.3%

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