Willa Cather

Willa Sibert Cather (; born Wilella Sibert Cather; December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) was an American writer. She was known for her novels of life on the Great Plains. Her best known works were O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Ántonia. In 1923, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours.

Personal life
Many people believed Cather was a lesbian.

Cather, who had terminal breast cancer, died in New York City on April 24, 1947 from a cerebral hemorrhage, aged 73.

References

Other websites

Libraries
 Willa Cather Review at the Willa Cather Foundation
 Special Collections & Archives at The National Willa Cather Center
 Willa Cather Archive at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
 Willa Cather Collection  at Drew University
 Willa Cather–Irene Miner Weisz Papers  at the Newberry Library
 Benjamin D. Hitz–Willa Cather Papers  at the Newberry Library
 Ann Safford Mandel collection of Willa Cather papers at the Mortimer Rare Book Collection

Online editions




 Willa Cather at Poets' Corner

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Category:Deaths from breast cancer