Author: Willa Cather
Alternate names: W. S. Cather]; Willa Sibert Cather; Willia Cather; Willa Silbert Cather; Wila Cather; Wilella Sibert Cather; Willa Willa Cather's; Cather, Willa, Ceppetelli, Pierre, McDermott, Antony; Cather, Willa, Noyes, Alfred; W Cather; W. Cather; W. CATHER; [Cather, Willa] James R. Shively, Ed.; Wilella Siber Cather; Cather Willa; Cather Willa 1873-1947; Willa 1873-1947 Cather; Willa Cathar; Willa Carther; Willa Sibert Willa Sibert Cather;  Wilia Cather; William Cather; Cather, Willa; Havighurst, Walter (intro); Cather / Benda
Born: 7 December 1873
Died: 24 April 1947
Bio: Willa Siebert Cather was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The Song of the Lark.

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